Employees load a killer whale into a special tank on a truck at a holding facility, known as "whale jail", in Srednyaya Bay as they prepare the three killer whales for the transportation to the release site on the Sea of Okhotsk coast, July 11, 2019. - Nearly 100 belugas and orcas were captured last summer and kept in small pens by commercial firms who had planned to deliver them to aquariums, including in China where the industry is booming.
Killer whales are seen in an enclosure at a holding facility, known as "whale jail", in Srednyaya Bay on July 11, 2019. Three orcas were loaded onto trucks on July 11, 2019 as Russia continued to release whales being held in a controversial facility in its Far East. The secluded facility near the town of Nakhodka contains dozens of killer and beluga whales who were caught to be sent to aquariums but are to be set free after a global outcry and intervention by President Vladimir Putin. The facility near Nakhodka still contains a remaining five killer whales and 81 belugas. (Photo/Agencies)
Three orcas were loaded onto trucks on July 11, 2019 as Russia continued to release whales being held in a controversial facility in its Far East. The secluded facility near the town of Nakhodka contains dozens of killer and beluga whales who were caught to be sent to aquariums but are to be set free after a global outcry and intervention by President Vladimir Putin. The facility near Nakhodka still contains a remaining five killer whales and 81 belugas. (Photo/Agencies)
Three orcas were loaded onto trucks on July 11, 2019 as Russia continued to release whales being held in a controversial facility in its Far East. The secluded facility near the town of Nakhodka contains dozens of killer and beluga whales who were caught to be sent to aquariums but are to be set free after a global outcry and intervention by President Vladimir Putin. The facility near Nakhodka still contains a remaining five killer whales and 81 belugas. (Photo/Agencies)
