VLADIVOSTOK, 15 sep. The walruses, who were taken from the «whale prison» in Primorye and transported to the Crimea, were transferred to the Moscow Zoo by a court decision. In 2018, six cubs of walruses were caught and sold to the Aquatoria company, which wanted to take the animals from the Russian Federation to China. The Amur Basin Environmental Prosecutor's Office stated that walruses were caught in violation of the law, and their sale was illegal. After the sale of «Aquatoria», the walruses were sent to Yalta; It was reported that one walrus died of the disease, five animals were planned to be transported to the Moscow Zoo.
Two rescued seals were released into Lake Ladoga after treatment «The execution of the court decision was monitored by the environmental prosecutor's office in cooperation with the prosecutor's office of the Republic of Crimea. that the Amur Territorial Administration of the Federal Agency for Fisheries issued to OOO Oceanarium DV and OOO Sochi Dolphinarium permits to catch walruses for cultural and educational purposes in violation of the requirements of the law. On the basis of permits, six Pacific walruses were caught. In 2018, 11 killer whales (all of them turned out to be cubs) and 90 belugas were found in the «whale prison» in the Srednyaya Bay Srednyaya, later three beluga whales and one killer whale disappeared from the enclosures. The animals were caught illegally and planned to be sold to China. Investigators opened a case on illegal fishing of aquatic biological resources and cruelty to animals. The President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, got involved in solving the problem — he instructed the relevant ministries, together with scientists, to decide the fate of animals. The operation to release beluga whales and killer whales from the «whale prison» began in June 2019. The first batch of two killer whales and six belugas was released into the Sea of Okhotsk on June 27, and on November 10 the last beluga whales were released into the Sea of Japan.
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