The waters of Black Sea the wet Odesa have become a real one dolphin graveyard. In fact, for a few weeks now, thanks to the war raging in these battle-torn areas, the Black Sea has had the increasingly massive presence of Russian warships patrolling the coasts, which poses a danger to the population of cities like Odessa, as well as to the marine animals that live in this estuary.
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Like the dolphins, which, as documented by images released by Tuzlivski Iymany National Nature Park researcher Ivan Rusev, continue to be found dead on the beaches. “Since the beginning of the war, the Odessa researcher explained, dead dolphins have been discovered along the Black Sea coast. If in the past, he stressed, we had to worry about poaching, a phenomenon that nowadays, for obvious reasons, almost no longer occurs, It is clear that the deaths of all these dolphins are due to something else“. The examinations carried out on the poor carcasses revealed, in fact, the complete absence of parts of fishing nets or cut tails.
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Macabre rituals, the latter usually practiced and performed by unscrupulous fishermen to save the net and catch. So? “The warships present in the Black Sea, particularly off Odessa, and the ongoing military actions, Rusev continued, are also responsible for the deaths of the dolphins.” The powerful navigation and detection systems of large warships stun animals that can become disoriented. An irreparable damage that leads them to the beach and ultimately to their deaths. “It’s a silent massacre,” the environmentalists repeat.
The military actions, which appear to be unabated, are preventing inspections along much of the coast. “Not to mention the specimens killed by the blasts that ended up being fed to predators.” This is one of the main reasons why scientists and environmentalists are concerned. In addition to three species of dolphins, the porpoise, bottlenose dolphin and common dolphin, the Black Sea is home to the increasingly rare monk seal.
Military dolphins used by Russia in the Black Sea during the war. “They are used to thwart attacks by enemy submarines” The US Project