Beluga whales ready for release into open sea sanctuary

Videos showed the beluga whales being trained to adapt to their new life. Trainers were getting them prepared to use rocks to exfoliate and to get familiarised with the stretchers that will be used to move them to the sanctuary.

United Kingdom based charity Sea Life Trust said that having acclimatised and adapted well, the whales were ready to be released into their new open water home in what the charity said was a world first for marine welfare.

In June they will be moved to the large sanctuary in a natural and secluded bay just off the island Heimaey, off the south coast of Iceland.