Author here. That quote should read "...how the hell am I getting these [whales] out of this park?" Thanks for catching that.
I went through and read the rest of the article to double check for other mix-ups, but this was the only one I found. Whale sharks are technically classified as "fish," hence my use of the word to refer to them throughout. Thanks for reading!
I just scanned the article, it seems correct now in its use of shark/fish/whale/etc designators.
It's a confusing situation with both belugas (who are whales, and therefore mammals, and not fish despite their appearance) and whale-sharks (who are sharks, and therefore fish, but not related to whales despite their name). Add to that things like fish-tanks and so on, and you got a lot of room for confusion, so it pays to double-check everything!
I went through and read the rest of the article to double check for other mix-ups, but this was the only one I found. Whale sharks are technically classified as "fish," hence my use of the word to refer to them throughout. Thanks for reading!