A fuel oil spill from two storm-stricken tankers in the Kerch Strait has resulted in the death of 32 dolphins, according to an animal rescue group. The spill has also contaminated coastal areas and prompted a regional emergency in Crimea.
Thirty-two dolphins have died since fuel oil spilled out of two storm-stricken tankers three weeks ago in the Kerch Strait, which separates the Russia-occupied Crimean Peninsula from Russia's southern Krasnodar region, an animal rescue group said Sunday. Russia's Delfa Dolphin Rescue and Research Center said the deaths are 'most likely related to the fuel oil spill.
'The center said on the messaging app Telegram that a total of 61 dead cetaceans -- an order of aquatic mammals that includes whales and dolphins -- had been recorded since the emergency, but the condition of the bodies suggested that the 29 others had died before the spill. 'Judging by the condition of the bodies, most likely the majority of these cetaceans died in the first 10 days after the disaster. And now the sea continues to wash them up,' the center wrote, noting that most of the dead dolphins were from the endangered Azov species. Russia's Emergencies Ministry said Sunday that over 96,000 tons of contaminated sand and soil had been removed by officials and volunteers along the shoreline of the Krasnodar region's Anapa and Temryuk districts. Russia-appointed officials in Moscow-occupied Crimea announced a regional emergency on Saturday after oil was detected on the shores of Sevastopol, the peninsula's largest city some 250 kilometres (155 miles) from the Kerch Strait. On Dec. 23, the ministry estimated that up to 200,000 tons in total may have been contaminated with mazut, a heavy, low-quality oil product.The Kerch Strait is an important global shipping route, providing passage from the inland Sea of Azov to the Black Se
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