The Last of the Whales Have Been Freed From Russia’s Notorious “Whale Jail”— But Where Are They Going?

Checking the Health of Each Whale

In January of this year, Russian authorities invited veterinarians and marine mammal researchers to check on the wellbeing of the whales. In order to come up with a plan to release the whales, they had to know if the whales would make it in the wild. What they found was heartbreaking.