Over 5000 dolphins perish in Black Sea, biologists say

Viktoriia Andrieieva

Journalist of Ukrainska Pravda.Life

Due to the ongoing Russian aggression against Ukraine, animals continue to die in the Black Sea. At least 5000 dolphins have deceased already.

Sources: Open Cages organisation; Ivan Rusiev, a biologist and employee of the Tuzlivski Lymany park 

Quote: “The sea throws away no more than 5% of all dead animals ashore” 

Details: And the rest, 95 percent, go to the bottom of the sea.

However, as it is impossible to count all the dead animals, the death toll in ecosystems may be much higher.

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“They are unavailable for detection and counting from the shore, so we believe that during the war of Russian barbarians against Ukraine, probably tens of thousands of dolphins have already died,” the scientist believes.

Background: In late June, Rusiev assumed that more than 3,000 dolphins had died in the Black Sea due to Russia’s full-scale aggression against Ukraine.

In early July, four more marine mammals were washed ashore. According to the biologist, the reason for their death is the use of surface vessels and submarines with sonars.

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