KremlinThe Russian Ministry of Defense has announced plans that it is seeking to buy five young and healthy dolphins, Russian news sources reported this week.
According to the Russian media company TASS, the defense ministry is willing to pay upwards of $25,000 for the dolphins. Specifically, the Kremlin is looking to buy two females and three males between three and five years of age.
The dolphins must also be between 2.3 and 2.7 meters long.
TASS notes that the Ministry of Defense has not specified the reasons it is looking to purchase the marine mammals.
However, an anonymous Russian military source told …read more
Source: Business Insider