Russian animal protection organizations sthey congratulated this Friday before President Vladimir Putin’s promise to prohibit the capture and captivity of cetaceans for exhibition in aquariums, a practice highly criticized for several years.
Russia was heavily criticized in 2019 after the publication of images showing a hundred cetaceans crammed into pools that were defined by its detractors as a “prison for whales”.
The animals, intended to be sold in water parks, particularly in China, have been released since then and last week. the authorities announced the closure of these pools located in the Russian Far East.
Questioned on Thursday by the director of the NGO Greenpeace Russia, Sergei Tsiplionkov, Putin spoke out in favor of ending these practices.
“Are you asking for the capture (of marine animals) for leisure activities to be prohibited? I agree, let’s do it like this “, the Russian leader responded during a virtual meeting with the Presidential Council for Human Rights.
The “disappearance of this legal vacuum is something very, very important,” Tsiplionkov said on Friday, saying that he was “happy” for Putin’s support of his request.
Organizations for the defense of animal rights have been fighting for several years in Russia to end the capture of marine animals destined for foreign water parks.
Among the 100 cetaceans that were released in 2019, 77 were beluga whales. Several hatchlings had to go through a process of readjustment to life in their natural habitat for weeks before they can be finally released.
Russian animal protection organizations sthey congratulated this Friday before President Vladimir Putin’s promise to prohibit the capture and captivity of cetaceans for exhibition in aquariums, a practice highly criticized for several years.
Russia was heavily criticized in 2019 after the publication of images showing a hundred cetaceans crammed into pools that were defined by its detractors as a “prison for whales”.
The animals, intended to be sold in water parks, particularly in China, have been released since then and last week. the authorities announced the closure of these pools located in the Russian Far East.
Questioned on Thursday by the director of the NGO Greenpeace Russia, Sergei Tsiplionkov, Putin spoke out in favor of ending these practices.
“Are you asking for the capture (of marine animals) for leisure activities to be prohibited? I agree, let’s do it like this “, the Russian leader responded during a virtual meeting with the Presidential Council for Human Rights.
The “disappearance of this legal vacuum is something very, very important,” Tsiplionkov said on Friday, saying that he was “happy” for Putin’s support of his request.
Organizations for the defense of animal rights have been fighting for several years in Russia to end the capture of marine animals destined for foreign water parks.
Among the 100 cetaceans that were released in 2019, 77 were beluga whales. Several hatchlings had to go through a process of readjustment to life in their natural habitat for weeks before they can be finally released.
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