On Sunday, the activists of the Delfa Dolphin Rescue Center reported that 32 dolphins died after the oil spill in mid-December as a result of the disaster of two tankers in the Kerch Strait.
The organization reported on social media that a total of 61 dolphins have been found dead since mid-December. However, the state of the remains shows that 29 people died before the oil spill.
On December 15, in the Kerch Strait, located between Russia and Crimea, which it annexed in 2014, two tankers were sailing with cargo intended for the Russian Navy. According to the Ministry of Emergencies of Russia, the cause of this disaster was “weather problems. The Volgoneft 212 plant broke in half and sank, and the Volgoneft 239 was grounded.
On Saturday, the Ministry of Emergencies of Russia reported that more than 86,000 tons of oil-contaminated sand and soil were collected on both sides of the strait. Fuel oil is fuel oil that solidifies at a temperature of 25 degrees and does not float on the surface of water, but settles at the bottom of the water or remains suspended in the water.
Dolphins are dying in the Black Sea
In the summer of 2022, Western media reported that more than five thousand dolphins were killed in the Black Sea in the first months of the Russian invasion, according to a Ukrainian biologist. Ivan Rusev, referring to his research and observations in scientific centers of other countries located on the coast of the Black Sea, estimated that two percent of the population of these mammals could die. He explained that the sea washes on the coast no more than five percent. dead animals, while the rest sink to the depths of the unknown.
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