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WHALE of a RESCUE -Beluga Whales Evacuated From WAR Torn Ukraine
WHALE of a RESCUE - Two Beluga Whales Evacuated From WAR Torn Ukraine Arrive in Spain...
The most complex marine mammal rescue ever undertaken, the pair of beluga whales were extricated from an aquarium in the battered city of Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine and transported to Europe’s largest aquarium in Valencia, Spain
AP 21 JUN 2024
Beluga Whales Sounds Like Humans.. The belugas — a 15-year-old male named Plombir and a 14-year-old female named Miranda — arrived in Valencia on June 18
The rescue mission required months of planning due to the animals' size and specific needs
"The high-risk, complex rescue operation presented numerous challenges and required multi-national collaboration
On June 17 and 18, a multi-national team of marine mammal experts from OceanogrÃ*fic de Valencia, Georgia Aquarium, and SeaWorld assisted Ukraine's NEMO Dolphinarium in rescuing the belugas—a 15-year-old male named Plombir and a 14-year-old female named Miranda—from the war-ravaged city of Kharkiv
Following a "grueling journey across the war zone," the animals arrived in Valencia, Spain, in "delicate health" on the evening of June 18.
"The high-risk, complex rescue operation presented numerous challenges and required multi-national collaboration," the release stated.
OceanogrÃ*fic Valencia is the largest aquarium in Europe and the closest marine conservation center to Ukraine. Ahead of the rescue mission, bombs were dropped within a few hundred meters of the aquarium.
Kharkiv is "facing increasing threat from artillery fire"
STUNNING...
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