Their jail time is over, as the scientists began loading 50 beluga whales onto the ship to be released in the ocean. The animals’ fate made headlines after they were caught by a private firm and kept in tiny enclosures for months.
A grown white whale can weigh around 1,600 kilogram, so powerful cranes had to be used to get six belugas on board the Professor Kaganovsky research vessel on Tuesday.
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