RUSSIA – A Russian company which ran a “whale jail” in the east of the country was fined 28.1-million rubles ($433,000; £430,000).
White Whale was one of the four firms holding killer and beluga whales in small enclosures on the Sea of Japan.
Vladivostok court on Friday ruled the company broke fishing rules.
Environmental groups demanded the release of the mammals ever since the news of the “whale jails” first broke.
About 10 orcas and 90 beluga whales were currently being held at the facility. (BBC)
