Coach of the Primorsky aquarium will be fired for beating a walrus
Moscow. September 26. INTERFAX.RU — the Management of the seaside aquarium, located on the island of Russian in Vladivostok, fired the coach, who used force to walrus Misha.
As have informed Agency “Interfax” the representative of the aquarium Elena Molchanova, the incident occurred on Saturday. After the morning presentation, the walrus, passing the pool with the seals, tried to communicate with them. Misha is very friendly and curious, but the 800-pound animal could accidentally hurt the seals.
The situation was freelance. Trying to resolve it, the coach violated professional ethics. Because in the Primorsky Oceanarium practise only positive interventions on the animals reaction to the actions of the trainer extremely hard. Violated the ethical standards of the aquarium, the employee will be dismissed.Elena Molchanova
She noted that injuries walrus is not done, the animal is still involved in the performances.
Molchanov also refuted the information that the coach was drunk. “In dolphinariums strict permit system and increased security measures. In this state, the coach just couldn’t get to work”, — said the representative of the aquarium.
In 2016, the Maritime aquarium was at the center of media attention in connection with the mass death of animals. For various reasons it killed the five-month Steller sea lion, two dolphins-belobochka, two walrus, Dolphin-bottlenose dolphins and two Beluga whales: the last one is in September this year.