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Construction of a dolphinarium next to Komitas Garden worried environmentalists to a great extent. “Center for Bird Lovers” NGO President Silva Adamyan is going to send a letter to Yerevan Municipality and Nature Protection Ministry and demand the documents permitting the transportation of dolphins to Armenia. No public hearings were held in regard with the construction of a dolphinarium. “They didn’t conduct any hearings and have no idea about all this matter. The Institute for Zoology shouldn’t have known about this. Our climate conditions don’t permit to construct a dolphinarium, we need expert assessment for this and expert opinion,” Silva Adamyan said and added, “This is a case of animal exploitation.”
UN Expert Qnarik Hovhannisyan noted approximately 1500 cubic meters of drinking water will be needed to maintain dolphins that must be refreshed with the help of circulation. Under Qnarik Hovhannisyan, Agency for Water Resources Management of Nature Protection Ministry of RA didn’t receive any notification about the construction of a dolphinarium that sets the opinion water will be supplied by “Yerevanjur”. That is the dolphinarium will be constructed at the expense of drinking water designed for Yerevan residents. Under the information environmentalists have, the dolphinarium is constructed by ex-Mayor Yervand Zakharyan, while a Ukrainian company will transport dolphins from Odessa to Armenia.
September 29, 2010