Free Willy

The head of the Ministry of Natural Resources Dmitry Kobylkin spoke out for the liberation of animals on overexposure in Primorye. The aviaries in which they are contained, the zoo defenders nicknamed the “whale prison” because of small sizes. Pamela Anderson and Leonardo DiCaprio have already spoke out in support of the wanders. Vladimir Putin instructed to figure out the question until spring.

In Primorye, the average in Primorye has been holding 11 illegally caught braids and dozens of belts illegally caught to China for several months. According to Kobylkin, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Rosrybolovism agreed on the issue of their release, the “roadmap” will soon appear, then funds will receive it.

“No one has no objections today about the release of braids, but the main thing is to make this issue correctly so as not to lose any individual,” the minister said . “A lot of time passed, they were adapted, and the period is not easy now: if it were in the summer, it would be clear, but now it is just cold time even when raising these animals, they may have pneumonia, that is, even pulling them out, raise them quite problematic.”

The aviary of the braids and beluga / frussianwhales.org

The release of mammals could have happened earlier, but everything was delayed due to the investigation now to do this is much more difficult. “We need to clearly follow science,” says the head of the department. - Animals have been in captivity for a very long time, simply release them [cannot be], there are young individuals who are already feeding on the mother’s milk, but fish. Maybe we will do this portioned [to release mammals into their natural habitat], we must preserve animals as much as possible. ”

Recall that since the eighties, a moratorium on the commercial prey of killer whales has been introduced in the world, and their capture in Russia is allowed only for scientific and educational purposes. Animals continue to be in the center of overexposure, which, due to the size and conditions of the content, has already been called a “whale prison”, despite the numerous checks of the authorities and even the initiation of a criminal case .

One killer whale and three belugas have already disappeared from the center of overexposure, environmentalists suspect that they could die, since they have nothing to eat in the bay, and the cubs are not adapted to life in a natural environment. In captivity, they also feed on unsuitable foods, and with low motor activity in cramped corrals, in winter, the skin begins to freeze in winter.

The aviary of the braids and beluga / frussianwhales.org

On the fact of the loss, environmentalists asked the UK to initiate a case. Yesterday it became known that in Primorye a number of organizations that were responsible for the maintenance of the braids were already held accountable, about two thousand appeals were received in the prosecutor.

In the Kremlin, the situation was called egregious . “We are well aware of what is happening in the find-there are a huge number of Beluh caught, these are young individuals that were caught for subsequent resale and deliveries to the aquarium, including to China,” said Dmitry Peskov, press secretary of the Russian President.

Actress, member of the advisory council of the International Fund for Protection of Animals IFAW Pamela Anderson wrote an open letter to the Russian leader. Actor Leonardo DiCaprio called for supporting the petition published on Change.org about the liberation of animals. On February 22, Vladimir Putin instructed the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Prospect to figure out until March 1, and the Prosecutor General’s Office - to conduct a check of the use of marine mammals for compliance with the law until November 1. In the Ministry of Industry, they promised not to disrupt the deadlines. But, apparently, the exact date of the release of the braids and beluga has not yet been called, as before, they are waiting for recommendations from scientists.