FILE – In this June 11, 2007 file photo, Qannik, a 6-year-old beluga whale, swims in a tank at his new home at the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, Wash. The beluga whales that swim in Cook Inlet off Alaska’s largest city are continuing to struggle and appear headed for extinction if nothing changes, a government official said Friday, Jan. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, file)
FILE – In this June 11, 2007 file photo, Qannik, a 6-year-old beluga whale, swims in a tank at his new home at the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, Wash. The beluga whales that swim in Cook Inlet off Alaska’s largest city are continuing to struggle and appear headed for extinction if nothing changes, a government official said Friday, Jan. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, file)
Image: AP Photo/Ted S. Warren