Catching the Beluga Whale for the New Zoo

Jim McTaggart

Minneapolis Star

Whalers in Churchill, Manitoba were hired to catch a young male and female Beluga Whale for the new zoo in Applevalley, MN, near Minneapolis. The whalers would jump the whales and try to slip a noose around the whales head and then the second jumper would lasso the tail. After the two were caught they were transported back to Minneapolis on a 737 in special crates.

Jim McTaggart, "Catching the Beluga Whale for the New Zoo," in POYi Archive, Item #9319, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/9319 (accessed April 29, 2024).