In 1987, shedd aquarium was placed on the national register of historic places. john shedd's grandson, john shedd reed, who had served as president of atchison, topeka and santa fe railroad from 1967 to 1986, was president of the aquarium's board from 1984 until 1994, and was a life trustee until his death in 2008.. Officials at the shedd aquarium were hoping monday that further tests might reveal the cause of the sudden and mysterious death of a beluga whale mother, even as they formed a plan to try to keep. Shedd aquarium's high hopes for its first successful birth of a beluga whale were dashed early tuesday when a 160-pound 4-foot-9-inch male calf died just hours after being born. almost immediately.
The sad death of a newborn beluga whale early tuesday has again put the john g. shedd aquarium in the cross hairs of animal-rights activists, who are firing hysterical accusations of animal abuse. A young male beluga whale born at the shedd aquarium died saturday night at a connecticut aquarium, where he was taking part in a breeding consortium. miki died of “complications from a.
