Marineland said the decision “effectively prohibits” the whales’ export to any operational aquarium in the world. “Our only options at this point are to either relocate the whales or face the devastating decision of euthanasia,” Marineland wrote in a letter to Thompson on Friday. “We are fully indebted and rapidly running out of resources to provide adequate care for the whales,” Marineland wrote to Thompson. The park has asked for immediate operating funding to care for the whales until a suitable relocation can be arranged. Marineland has asked Thompson for an answer by Tuesday.