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By Sana G
May 17, 2021
Dmitry Bachinsky who works at the Primorsky Oceanarium has been caught on film punching and kicking the Beluga whales that he trains as a part of the show at the oceanarium.
Nil and Lear apparently were punished for not giving him a kiss as they are trained to do as apart of the show.
Freedom for Killer Whales and Beluga claim that this is his normal training behavior. The trainers at the Oceanarium claim that the type of physical aggression is sometimes needed because the whales become aggressive during mating season.
Advocates from animal rights groups insist that these are abnormal methods, barbaric and in law this amounts to cruelty to animals . This is not training but beating
An animal trainer in far eastern Russia has been caught on film hitting and kicking two beluga whales - causing a fierce backlash.
Dmitry Bachinsky, 32, who works at the Primorsky Oceanarium in Vladivostok, was caught on film lashing out at two whales, named Nil and Lear.
According to animal rights campaigners, Bachinsky was attempting to teach the animals a trick where they both kiss him at the time of the attack.
Dmitry Bachinsky, 32, a trainer at an aquarium in Vladivostok, eastern Russia, was caught on CCTV hitting a beluga whale called Nil for refusing to take part in a stunt