Russian environmentalists celebrated a "huge victory" on Tuesday after the last of a group of killer whales kept in a notorious facility were released into the sea following year-long captivity. The All-Russian Fisheries and Oceanography Institute, or VNIRO, has released a total of 10 killer
1 / 4The All-Russian Fisheries and Oceanography Institute has released 10 killer whales since JuneThe All-Russian Fisheries and Oceanography Institute has released 10 killer whales since June Moscow - Russian environmentalists celebrated a"huge victory" on Tuesday after the last of a group of killer whales kept in a notorious facility were released into the sea following year-long captivity.
On Tuesday, VNIRO said in a statement that the last two killer whales and six of the belugas had been released into the wild.The fisheries institute earlier said it has prioritised releasing the killer whales over the summer, as belugas are a more resilient Arctic species that can be taken to the ocean in the colder months.
"If the wild catch of whales and dolphins for educational and recreational needs isn't banned, we could be in a situation where the 'whale jail' situation repeats itself in a year or two," Greenpeace campaigner Ovanes Targulyan said. The aquarium industry has for years used a loophole in Russian law allowing it to catch wild orcas for"educational" purposes but in fact ship them abroad.
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