Animals, An international group of scientists says sounding the alarm about the captive orcas and beluga whale (white dolphins) in the far east of Russia. They call on the Russian president Putin on the animals their freedom to give back. The Russian government had last month said that the animals from the infamous ‘walvisgevangenis’ had to be released, but still no concrete steps taken.
The whales are stuck in small basins in the city of Nachodka. They are intended for illegal sale to China: there they have to be in onderwatershows and oceaniums occur. The animals were at the end of last year have already discovered, but in spite of loud criticism still not liberated from the shadowy miljoenenbusiness.
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Scientists from the United States, Italy, Canada, Great Britain, Luxembourg, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Argentina, Australia, Germany and South Africa draw now again to sound the alarm. the
“The whales are in a poor state and that will only get worse”, the zoologists, in a letter to the Russian head of state. “It is necessary to come into action.” The collective will find that there are urgent plans must be made for the return of the orcas and dolphins to their habitat.
Gone
Biologists and veterinarians have photos of the orcas with intervals of 42 days compared. The health and well-being of the whales is deteriorating clear quickly. On the basis of the photos and own research, the experts also found that some orcas and beluga whale are gone. They may be dead. The argument of the traders that they may have been “weggezwommen”, they find implausible. “There are the animals too young and too weak.”
“As this incident clearly shows, the experience of orcas and beluga whale-whales severe stress in captivity and they run a great risk of dying. Catch the wild population is also negative affect, with all the consequences for the rich Russian nature”, warn the scientists.
