More than 30 dolphins wash up dead on beach after oil spill near southern Russia
- Thirty-Two dolphins have died since fuel oil spilled out of two storm-stricken tankers three weeks ago in the Kerch Strait, according to an animal rescue group.
- A total of 61 dead cetaceans have been recorded since the emergency, but 29 others likely died before the spill, as reported by the Delfa Dolphin Rescue and Research Center.
- Over 96,000 tons of contaminated sand and soil have been removed along the shoreline of Krasnodar region's Anapa and Temryuk districts, stated by Russia's Emergencies Ministry.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin has called the oil spill an 'ecological disaster,' while an adviser to Ukraine's president called for additional sanctions on Russian tankers.
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Thirty-two dolphins have died due to fuel oil leaking from a Russian tanker that was shipwrecked in the Kerch Strait, the Russian animal protection group Delfa, which specializes in rescuing marine mammals, said on Telegram on Sunday.
32 Dolphins Dead After Oil Spill
Thirty-two dolphins have died since fuel oil spilled out of two storm-stricken tankers three weeks ago in the Kerch Strait, which separates the Russia-occupied Crimean Peninsula from Russia's southern Krasnodar region, an animal rescue group said Sunday. Russia's Delfa Dolphin Rescue and Research Center said the deaths are "most likely...
A creepy scene before the eyes of fishermen and operators in the sector. Dozens of dolphins and other marine mammals were found dead after the oil spill from two Russian oil tankers, damaged by a storm last month in the Black Sea, a dolphin rescue center said. The Russian Delfa center, which saves and rehabilitates dolphins, said it had recorded 61 cetaceans dead from the accident, 32 of which “most likely” died as a result of the spill. “Judgin…
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