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Primorye: Experts will appreciate the state of the wands and belugs in the "whale prison"
Participants in the working group of the Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia, together with Primorsky experts, will appreciate the state of killer whales and belugs in the "whale prison". If necessary, animals will develop individual treatment programs, the press service of the Government of the Primorsky Territory said .
For the behavior of a veterinary examination, a group of 12 scientists was formed. It included representatives of fishing institutes, institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Far Eastern Federal University, specialists of the Center for Oceanography and Marine Biology (Moskvarium).
On March 20, experts began to work in the center of adaptation of marine mammals located in the Bay Middle and nicknamed "Whale Prison". They must evaluate the physical condition and health of animals.
Vyacheslav Bizikov, Deputy Director for Science, said that experts have already taken tests from six braids, the rest of the tests will be taken before the end of the week. A blood test will be treated in the laboratory in Vladivostok, another analysis will be sent to the Institute of Ecology and Evolution Problems (IPE RAS) to get independent results.
Detailed profiles will compose detailed questionnaires, including information about its physical condition, diet and individual characteristics. The profiles will be transferred to the consultation of scientists to make specific decisions on the fate of each individual. The consultation under the leadership of NIRO was created to fulfill the order of the government of the country.
- On March 18, about 50 people known in the world - actors, musicians, writers, artists and athletes from different countries addressed the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin with a request to release wands and Belukh from Kitov Prison to Primorye.
- On March 16, in Vladivostok, a picket was held against the content of beluga and killer whales in a “whale prison”. Activists demanded a complete ban on catching and trading by killer whales and belugas in Russia, as well as the punishment of the perpetrators in this situation.
- On March 5, at a meeting in the government, it was decided to move the braids and beluga from the “whale prison” to the center of maintenance of large marine animals after it warms up in Primorye. So far this center has not yet been created.
- The audit that took place in the “whale prison” at the end of January showed that the state of animals is deteriorating. These marine mammals are extremely difficult to endure the closed space and separation from relatives.
- At the end of October, activists of the Greenpeace of Russia said that the average bay contains 11 cubs of red -hot braids and 90 belugs caught in Russian waters for illegal sale to China. The cost of one killer whale in dolphinaries and oceanariums in China is from 1 to 15 million dollars. Commercial mining of dolphins in Russia is prohibited by law. The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case on the illegal catch of mammals.