On the night of 21 October in the seaside aquarium were killed the Steller sea lion named stark. The death of the animal was officially confirmed by representatives of the aquarium, reported IA “data”. The corpse of a Steller sea lion was discovered at the aquarium on Friday morning, his body had traces of blows with a blunt object, presumably a hammer.
The press service of the Primorsky aquarium has officially confirmed the death of stark, but the staff did not confirm that the Steller sea lion died a violent death.
Veterinary examination confirmed that the Steller sea lion died as a result of the strike “with a blunt object crushing-type”.
The five-month Steller sea lion named stark settled in the seaside aquarium in September 2016. He was found off the coast of Sakhalin in early August and moved to Vladivostok, where he was under the supervision of veterinarians and scientists, as they were extremely exhausted. The staff of the aquarium of a baby cured from pneumonia and freed from parasites.
