“All released animals eventually came to the Shantar Islands, where they were caught and where their natural families could be,” RIA Novosti quotes Vyiro Slav Bizikov, deputy director for research at VNIRO.
He noted that “while in captivity they did not lose their natural instincts - we can say with confidence that they began to independently get their own food and establish social ties with wild relatives.”
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. The third batch of killer whales was released on August 6.
State Duma deputy Oleg Shein, author of the Law on Responsible Animal Handling, in an interview with the FAN, assessed the likelihood of amendments to the law on animal cruelty.