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Guardian: Russia moves to free nearly 100 captive whales after outcry

Published April 8, 2019 at 1:30 pm

The tail of a South Pacific humpback whale is spotted on the Pacific Oceans surface as it migrates southbound, off the coast of Cabo Blanco, in northern Peru on October 1, 2015. Hundreds of these specimens complete a yearly migration that brings them close to the shores of the continent from Peru to Panama, in order to breed and give birth to their offspring in warmer waters.

Photo by AFP

Russian authorities have decided to free nearly 100 whales held in cages in the country’s far east, according to reports.

Images of the whales, kept in cramped enclosures in a bay near the Sea of Japan port city of Nakhodka, first appeared last year, triggering a storm of criticism.