“All belugas are released,” the VNIRO Pacific branch said.
On Sunday, November 10, beluga whales were released from the vessels of Professor Kaganovsky, where there were 18 animals, and the Zodiac with 13 animals.
On February 7, the Investigative Committee of Russia for the Khabarovsk Territory opened a criminal case on animal cruelty after checking the conditions of keeping killer whales in Primorye. According to the agency, facts of inappropriate keeping of 90 belugas and 11 killer whales in the center of adaptation of marine mammals in the Primorsky Territory have been established.
The Federal Service for Surveillance in the Use of Natural Resources (Rosprirodnadzor) initiated administrative proceedings on the fact of violation of the requirements for keeping killer whales and belugas in the bay of the Middle Primorsky Territory.
Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the Prosecutor General to conduct an audit in connection with the situation with killer whales and belugas in the bay of the Middle Primorsky Territory.