Last batch of belugas held in Russia 'whale jails' released

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Their plight caused an international outcry, with Leonardo DiCaprio backing a petition calling for the mammals to be set free.

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Dozens of beluga whales, captured in Russia and kept in cramped conditions, have finally been released. Almost 100 were caught illegally last year - along with 11 orcas - in the Sea of Okhotsk, some 800 miles north of the Pacific port of Nakhodka where they were held in so-called"whale jails".Their plight caused an international outcry, with Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio backing a petition, which received more than a million signatures, calling for the mammals to be set free.

 

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