Wounded whale spotted in the Barents Sea

An injured whale, entangled in a rope, swims in the Barents Sea near the village of Teriberka, Murmansk region. An operation is being prepared to rescue him. This was announced by Tatiana Efremova, the author of the Telegram channel "Whales of Teriberka" on Thursday, June 11.

"The whale's entanglement is complicated. A rescue operation is being prepared, we hope everything will be fine," she said in an interview with 360.ru .

Earlier in the day, Vyacheslav Kozlov, head of the Sakhalin Friends of the Ocean response group, said that in the near future they would go to the Murmansk region to help a whale entangled in ropes. According to him, this is the only team certified for such operations by the International Whaling Commission.

Yefremova reported on June 9 that the video footage showed an open wound, the whale's fin pressed against the body. This indicates that the animal has an injury or a rope remains on it, writes "Moscow 24".

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