endcetaceanexploitation:captive-russian-orcas:That’s true! He faces up to 4 years in jail for his ac
endcetaceanexploitation:captive-russian-orcas:That’s true! He faces up to 4 years in jail for his actions.Here is a detailed news post, but it’s on russian and I don’t really have the time to translate right now: http://www.newsvl.ru/vlad/2017/03/17/157479/The gist of the article seems to be (from a dodgy google translate) that two orca were captured and brought to TINRO but that the permission to capture the orca was sought after their capture and transport.Apparently Lev Bocharov (the director) claims one of the whales was very aggressive and was subsequently released (assuming this was before transport to TINRO) - so part of his defense is that he only illegally caught one whale. Another snippet allegedly the whales come close to shore during the salmon spawning at the beginning of summer which is when they are captured. Bocharov has been placed under house arrest until the preliminary investigation is conducted.^^^^ hoping google translate has this right -- source link