More Than 30 Dolphins Have Died Since Oil Spill Near Southern Russia, Experts Say

More Than 30 Dolphins Have Died Since Oil Spill Near Southern Russia, Experts Say
Rescuers work to clean up tons of fuel oil that spilled out of two storm-stricken tankers more than two weeks ago in the Kerch Strait, in Russia's southern Krasnodar region, in a photo released on Jan. 4, 2025. Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service via AP
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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.”