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Primorye: the court fined the company that caught the killer whales and beluga
The Frunzensky District Court of Vladivostok found the guilty company Oceanarium DV, one of the four firms that caught the wandations and Belukh from the Kitov Prison, in violation of the Rybokovanism rules. The companies were scheduled for 56 million rubles, RIA Novosti write .
Documents on administrative cases of violation of the rules and requirements regulating fishing against all four firms to the court transferred the regional border department of the FSB. The consideration of the case "Oceanarium DV" began on Tuesday, June 11, when it was stated that three killer whales were caught with violations. The company was charged with the inconsistency of the used fishing guns, such as vessels, structures for transporting mitant and fishing places, noting that there were no veterinarian on the ships of the kitolov. The lawyers of the defendant did not plead guilty, but on Friday, June 14, acts of veterinary examination of animals and evaluating their value of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry were attached to the case file. The defense asked to postpone the meeting due to the lack of a lawyer and a witness, but the court refused.
SR in mobile SR on Instagram Wed FacebookOn June 7, the court in Primorye fined the company "White Kit" by 28.2 million rubles, finding it guilty of violating the rules of fishing in connection with the capture of the killer whales and beluga, which are contained in the so -called "whale prison". The court will consider similar cases against the companies "Sochi Dolphinarium and Afalin" on June 19 and 17.
- The "whale prison" became known in October 2018. According to Russian Greenpeace, the Kitolovs wanted to sell the wanders and belugs to the Chinese oceanariums. In Russia, dolphins cannot be obtained for commercial purposes, but animals were caught by cultural and educational quota. The cost of one killer whale in dolphinaries and oceanariums in China is from 1 to 15 million dollars.
- Now in the "whale prison" in the Bay of the Middle Primorsky Territory there are 10 braids and 87 belugas. Mostly cubs. At the end of April, a consultation of Rosrybolovy allowed to let them out. President of Russia Vladimir Putin instructed to free marine mammals.
- The Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology of Russia Dmitry Kobylkin said that the wandations and Belukh would be released from the "whale prison" in the Bay of the Middle Primorsky Territory in July-August of this year.
- French researcher Jean-Michel Coustea believes that animals need to be released near the place of their capture. The release of marine mammals in the Bay of the Middle carries a number of risks for both whales and residents of Primorye, he claims.