Activists have expressed alarm about more than 100 whales that are being kept in small pools in what environmentalists are calling a “whale prison” off the coast of Russia. Activists have expressed alarm about more than 100 whales that are being kept in small pools in what environmentalists are calling a “whale prison” off the coast of Russia. Activists first raised the alarm late last year when 90 belugas and 12 orcas were captured and placed in a marine containment facility. Russian law only allows for the capture of whales for “scientific” or “cultural” purposes. The marine containment facility in Srednyaya Bay near Vladivostok (Free Russian Whales via AP)But activists believe the whales have been captured for sale to foreign amusement parks.

Source: Irish Independent February 05, 2019 16:07 UTC