A Ukrainian woman who braved checkpoints and dodged shelling to care for abandoned pets during Russia’s occupation of Kherson is now warning how the destruction of the Kakhovka dam may affect the region's animals.
launched his invasion in February 2022 and then liberated by Ukrainian forces in November.
In addition to this, the State Agency of Land Reclamation and Fisheries of Ukraine said in a Facebook post that it had observed “a significant number of dead fish,” with the Silver Crucian Carp particularly affected. Several social media users also posted videos of dead fish washing up. Were the water to rise, he said, it could lead to the “destruction of buildings near the river and destruction of flora and fauna in those settlements affected by flooding.”
In the short term, Weir said, “we can expect significant physical changes to habitats from both erosion and the deposition of sediments; both can impact aquatic habitats. The floodwaters are also mobilizing a range of pollutants from industrial, agricultural, energy and residential areas, these may affect species and habitats,” he noted.
Thor Hanson, an independent conservation biologist who specializes on how wars affect the environment, agreed that aquatic habitats would be affected.
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