Editing Cetacea (section)

==== Belugas ====
{{Main|Beluga whale#Captivity}}
[[Beluga whale]]s were the first whales to be kept in captivity. Other species were too rare, too shy or too big. The first was shown at [[Barnum's American Museum|Barnum's Museum]] in [[New York City]] in 1861.<ref name="New York Tribune">{{cite web | url=http://chnm.gmu.edu/lostmuseum/lm/190/ | title=The Whales, New York Tribune, August 9, 1861 | access-date=5 December 2011 | date=9 August 1861 | work=New York Tribune}}</ref> For most of the 20th century, Canada was the predominant source.<ref name=cmeps /> They were taken from the [[Saint Lawrence River|St. Lawrence River]] estuary until the late 1960s, after which they were predominantly taken from the [[Churchill River (Hudson Bay)|Churchill River]] estuary until capture was banned in 1992.<ref name="cmeps">{{cite web|url=http://webpages.charter.net/hrynyshyn/pdfs/Beluga_Report_web2006.pdf |title=Beluga Whales in Captivity: Hunted, Poisoned, Unprotected |access-date=26 December 2014 |year=2006 |work=Special Report on Captivity 2006 |publisher=Canadian Marine Environment Protection Society |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226215306/http://webpages.charter.net/hrynyshyn/pdfs/Beluga_Report_web2006.pdf |archive-date=26 December 2014 }}</ref> Russia then became the largest provider.<ref name=cmeps /> Belugas are caught in the [[Amu Darya|Amur Darya]] delta and their eastern coast and are transported domestically to aquaria or [[dolphinarium|dolphinaria]] in [[Moscow]], [[St. Petersburg]] and [[Sochi]], or exported to countries such as Canada.<ref name=cmeps /> They have not been domesticated.<ref name="zoos">{{cite web | url=http://www.waza.org/en/zoo/visit-the-zoo/aquatic-mammals-1254385523/delphinapterus-leucas | title=Beluga (''Delphinapterus leucas'') Facts – Distribution – In the Zoo | access-date=5 December 2011 | publisher=World Association of Zoos and Aquariums | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210101419/http://www.waza.org/en/zoo/visit-the-zoo/aquatic-mammals-1254385523/delphinapterus-leucas | archive-date=10 February 2012 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

As of 2006, 30 belugas lived in Canada and 28 in the United States. 42 deaths in captivity had been reported.<ref name=cmeps /> A single specimen can reportedly fetch up to US$100,000 ([[STG pound|£]]64,160). The beluga's popularity is due to its unique color and its [[facial expression]]s. The latter is possible because while most cetacean "smiles" are fixed, the extra movement afforded by the beluga's unfused cervical vertebrae allows a greater range of apparent expression.<ref name="Bonner, W.N. 17, 23–24">{{cite book |author=Bonner, Nigel |title=Whales |publisher=Facts on File |isbn=978-0-7137-0887-5 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/whales0000bonn/page/17 17, 23–24] |year=1980 |url=https://archive.org/details/whales0000bonn/page/17 }}</ref>