In Primorsky Oceanarium in Vladivostok killed the whale. On Sunday, September 24, RIA Novosti reported the press Secretary of the marine aquarium Elena Molchanova.
The animal lived in an open tank, fenced grid. The day before the incident was the storm and in the cage brought gear. The whale entangled in them and suffocate under water. “The technician on duty had attempted to free her, but could not cope with the 600-pound animal,” — said the representative of the aquarium.
Molchanov added that other marine mammals are not affected. According to her, the management is taking steps to further increase an enclosed complex.
This is not the first case of death of the animal in the seaside aquarium. In October last year, the institution was at the center of a major scandal after it became known that there died a few Pets, including the Steller sea lion and two dolphins Whiteside. After that the trainer of marine mammals told about numerous violations in the aquarium. The administration denies the charges.
However, in July this year, the media got the information that from-for negligence of the staff at the aquarium has suffered a walrus. Someone left open the grate that separates the enclosure with the animal from the pool. As a result, the walrus will probably rely, that the pool, as usual, full of water, jumped down and fell on the concrete floor.