“We plan that by September 1 we will release all killer whales and in the future we will be engaged in the export of beluga whales,” the agency’s head Ilya Shestakova quotes TASS.
Earlier, a third batch of killer whales from the “Whale Prison” was released into the Sea of Okhotsk.
The first batch of two killer whales and six beluga whales was released into the natural environment on June 27, and the second, of three killer whales, was released on July 16.
State Duma deputy, author of the Law on Responsible Animal Handling Oleg Shein, in an interview with the FAN, assessed the likelihood of amendments to the law on animal cruelty.