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

A Record Number of Captured Whales

The whale jail held 11 killer whales and 87 beluga whales. This magnitude of marine mammals caught set a record for the four companies involved: Oceanarium DV, Afalina, Bely Kit and Sochi Dolphinarium. These companies remained unregulated and untouched for the amount of time it took to capture roughly 100 marine mammals and stuff them into pens.