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On April 19, 2019 Sakhalin Environmental Watch received a letter from VNIRO via DHL in which the director of the institute’s research work, O. Bulatov, announced […]

Orcas and beluga whales kept in Srednyaya Bay of Primorsky Territory can be released, said Charles Vinick, the advisor of an oceanographer Jean-Michel Cousteau. “We believe […]

On April 8th in Livadia, Primorye, Governor Oleg Kozhemyako, founder of the Ocean Future Society Jean-Michel Cousteau and Director of the Whale Sanctuary Project Charles Vinick […]

Source: rg.ru Orcas and beluga whales from the “whale prison” in Primorye have a chance to return to the wild, said Jean-Michel Cousteau, son of the […]

Today the team of Jean-Michel Cousteau met with the leaders of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Russia. Jean-Michel expressed his gratitude to the […]

Dear friends, We have news for you: ▪ The team of Jean-Michel Cousteau arrives in Moscow tomorrow with the invitation from Ministry of Natural Resources. On […]

It seems that the “whale jail” story didn’t teach a lesson to the officials and the so-called “scientists” of fisheries agencies. ⠀The Fishery and VNIRO began the […]

March 27th, 2019 The Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources officially invited the team of Jean-Michel Cousteau to join the working expert group on the […]

More than 30 scientists from around the world who have experience with killer whales and beluga whales have offered their assistance in the rehabilitation of whales […]

Despite the thousands of letters from Russian citizens with demand to involve independent experts and Jean Michel Cousteau’s team, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment […]

⠀ А group of celebrities from different countries of the world sent a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin and asked to return 10 orcas and […]

On March 12th, Beluga whale Ponchik died.According to the official version from Moskvarium, the cause of death was acute renal failure alongside an exacerbated chronic disease.⠀Before […]

The statement of the public coalition “Free Russian whales” March 5, 2019 On February 20th Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) […]

On March 2, 2019, guards of the whale jail destroyed a drone of the REN-TV television crew, attacked journalists, hit them and tried to take the […]

Many news reports are saying that it was ordered by Russian Government to release the whales from the Whale jail, but there was no official order […]

Famous and beloved actor Leonardo DiCaprio, an Oscar winner, published on his Facebook and Twitter pages an appeal to sign the petition and support him in […]

The famous actress Pamela Anderson appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin in an open letter with a request to decide on the release of orcas and […]

In addition president Putin gave an order to the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources together with the Ministry of Agriculture and interested scientific and public […]

Today, on February 21 “Free Russian Whales” coalition received information about the “escape” of one orca from so-called “Adaptation Center of Marine Mammals”, better known as […]

Recall that last week, Jean-Michel Cousteau and his colleagues sent a letter to Vladimir Putin and asked the President of Russia to free the orcas and […]

This was confirmed by the Head of the Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia Dmitry Kobylkin in response to the questions about developments of criminal case […]

Investigative Committee of Khabarovsk region opened new criminal case with charges on animals cruelty against the companies who captured orcas and belugas and currently keep the […]

During the MoscowDiveShow exhibition about 2000 people signed an appeal to the President of the Russian Federation on the release of killer whales and beluga whales […]

World famous ocean explorer Jean-Michel Cousteau and his colleagues, scientists from the Ocean Futures Society, the Ocean Alliance and the Earth Island Institute, appealed to Russian […]

11 orca dorsal fins symbolize a pod of these amazing animals trying to find their way home. In 2018, 11 orca calves were captured in the […]

Source: http://russianorca.com/ On the 18-19 of January a group of experts visited the “whale jail” in Srednaja bay of Primorsky kray for the inspection. The group […]

February 1, 2019 Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk The court process about the release of orcas and belugas from the “whale jail” into the wild of has started in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. […]

Another inspection took place on January 30th. This inspection was initiated by Primorsky Environmental prosecutor’s office with the purpose to check on the seals that are […]

Activists appealing to Vladmir Putin for orcas’ freedom warn that many have developed frostbite Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/killer-whales-orcas-belugas-captive-russia-china-okhotsk-vladivostok-a8748066.html A group of killer whales held captive in Russia’s remote far East are at […]

P January 24, 2019.   At the end of last week a team led by the local Border (Coast) Guard Service of the Federal Security Bureau (FSB) […]

Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. 18th of January. INTERFAX – FAR EAST – On Friday Border Control of Primorye with the assistance of a group of experts began examination of […]

We started this campaign to free the Russian whales, who have not committed any crime, but have been imprisoned. 12 orcas and 90 belugas were illegally […]

Source: https://awionline.org/press-releases/25-whale-biologists-urge-russia-stop-capturing-wild-orcas November 15, 2018 Capturing orcas for display in marine parks is inhumane and unsustainable Washington, DC—This week, a group of prominent whale and dolphin […]

Source: https://edition.cnn.com/2018/11/06/asia/whale-jail-scli-intl/index.html?fbclid=IwAR0g-V0U5rfL0PgCuowQkYYKByUIXHL22jDV3hRijJT3CAb_QcIEf-QVBeI Moscow (CNN)Russian prosecutors in the far eastern city of Vladivostok are investigating the capture of beluga whales and orcas after reports emerged of marine […]

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/trevornace/2018/11/13/100-whales-found-captured-in-russian-bay-shipped-to-chinese-marine-parks/#16da94c977f1 Over 100 whales were discovered trapped in small enclosures in the small Russian port town of Nakhodka, thought to be a staging location for […]