Russia is to free captured killer whales over the next month, but will not return them to their original habitat despite expert advice, a scientist said Wednesday. The animals will instead be released from their pens in Russia's Far East and may 'disrupt vacationers' at resorts nearby,
1 / 2The animals are being kept at a holding facility in Srednyaya Bay in the Far Eastern town of NakhodkaThe animals are being kept at a holding facility in Srednyaya Bay in the Far Eastern town of Nakhodka Moscow - Russia is to free captured killer whales over the next month, but will not return them to their original habitat despite expert advice, a scientist said Wednesday.
Ten killer whales, or orcas, will be released"in late May to early June", Rozhnov said during a briefing at the Russian environment ministry. There is a risk that the whales will"stay near the pens where they were fed" and bother humans, he said. Rozhnov said there was no precise decision on the beluga whales, but that scientists now were looking into genetic evidence of family ties between the captured juveniles and known beluga groups in the wild.
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