Russia Starts Freeing Captive Whales After Outcry

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21 June 2019 19:34 WIB

Employees take part in an operation to transport and release two orcas at a facility, where nearly 100 orcas and beluga whales are held in cages, in Srednyaya Bay in Primorsky Region, Russia June 20, 2019. Russia has started releasing a group of captive killer whales whose detention in Russia's Far East has caused an international outcry. REUTERS/Yuri Maltsev

21 Juni 2019 00:00 WIB

Employees take part in an operation to transport and release two orcas at a facility, where nearly 100 orcas and beluga whales are held in cages, in Srednyaya Bay in Primorsky Region, Russia June 20, 2019. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Gordeyev said the whales would be taken back to where they were caught and released within four months. REUTERS/Yuri Maltsev

21 Juni 2019 00:00 WIB

Employees take part in an operation to transport and release two orcas at a facility, where nearly 100 orcas and beluga whales are held in cages, in Srednyaya Bay in Primorsky Region, Russia June 20, 2019. The plight of the 10 captive killer whales, which are being held with 87 beluga whales in cramped conditions in a bay near the port of Nakhodka. REUTERS/Yuri Maltsev

21 Juni 2019 00:00 WIB

21 Juni 2019 00:00 WIB

21 Juni 2019 00:00 WIB