Over 5000 dolphins perish in Black Sea, biologists say

Ukrainska Pravda
Sun, August 21, 2022 
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 5,000 dolphins have already died.

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

Quote: "The sea washes up no more than 5% of all dead animals ashore."

Details: And the rest, 95 percent, sink 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.

"They cannot be detected or counted from the shore, so we believe that during the war of the Russian barbarians against Ukraine, probably tens of thousands of dolphins have already died," the scientist believes.

Background: In late June, Rusiev estimated 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 cause of their death is the use of surface vessels and submarines with sonars.

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