In the temporarily occupied Crimea in 2021, more than 600 dolphins died. We are talking about those who threw themselves on the coast. Such data were released by the Serenity Sea Dolphin Rehabilitation Center.
This year, 603 cetacean releases were recorded on the coast of the peninsula. We are talking about: 266 azovki, 128 white-barrels, 121 bottlenose dolphins and 88 dolphins of an unspecified species.
– 49% of cases occurred during the peak fishing season & # 8212; March, April and May. Moreover, April became a record – 135 emissions were taken into account in a month, the report says.
The center reported that the basic statistics of the Crimean regions remained unchanged. The leader is Sevastopol District (28%), Satsky District and Evpatoria (20%) are in second place, Leninsky District (13%) took the lead for the first time.
Since 2017, the total statistics of cetacean deaths totals 2,450 emissions .
