In Odesa, employees of the national nature park Tuzlivski Lymani noticed a pod of bottlenose dolphins in the waters of the Black Sea.
These are the first dolphins that, despite the war, have returned after hibernation, reports ecologist and biologist of the national park Ivan Rusev on Facebook.
He explained that usually during this period dolphins appear in the sea waters of the northwestern part of the sea.
Rusev emphasized that employees monitor the coast of the national park every day. In particular, they are monitoring whether new dead dolphins washed ashore. After all, there is still a risk of death of animals from the influence of Russian warships and submarines. So far, no new victims of the war have been found.
He emphasized that from About 50,000 dolphins died in the Black Sea after the start of a full-scale invasion.
Rusev called on all concerned citizens to inform the national park of any releases of dolphins to any shores of the Black Sea in 2023. Scientists can write to e-mail (rusevivan@ukr.net) at Facebook, other messengers, or call the numbers 097-5762705 and 068-8816194.
Thus, the user Natalya Borovytska already left information in the comments about the dead dolphin on the southern coast of Bulgaria in March 2023.
Earlier, EcoPolitic spoke with ecologist, doctor of biological sciences Ivan Rusev. He told that during the year of the war in Ukraine, about three thousand dolphins died, and, in general, in the Black Sea – 50 thousand.
Earlier, EcoPolitic reported, that scientists and local residents noticed dolphins that were forced to stay for the winter due to the war.
