#malvina
Gender:Female
Pod: Russian Transients
Place of Capture: Sea of Okhotsk, Russia
Date of Capture: July 2015
Age at Capture: Approx. 3 years
Current Location: Seaside Dolphinarium, Nakhodka, Russia
Sometime in late July 2015, three Orca were captured in the Okhotsk Sea in Russia. Two of the whales were captured by TINRO, the Russian Pacific Scientific Research Fisheries Center based in Vladivostok, Russia.
In a video released in November 2015, Deputy Director of TINRO, Yuri Blinov, spoke on camera about the research being done at the Seaside Dolphinarium.
The video shows one of the Orca that was captured, who is a female and has apparently been named Malvina. The other two Orca captured the same time as Malvina were both moved to Chimelong Ocean Kingdom in China. Blinov explained to the camera that Malvina is still afraid of cameras and unknown people.
It is believed that Malvina is approximately 3 years old, and is still being housed at the TINRO Seaside Dolphinarium.
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