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Vasily the cat, who spent more than a month away from home after escaping from his carrier at Krasnodar airport, was found on October 27 and flown on a separate flight to Batumi, where he was reunited with his owners. The Red Wings airline announced the end of the story.
Otabek YusupovEvery autumn, more than a million birds of prey fly through the 'Batumi bottleneck' on Georgia's Black Sea coast, where the Black Sea and the Caucasus Mountains form a migration corridor. According to a 2013 study, around 9,000 birds die each year from illegal hunting. Volunteers of Batumi Raptor Count have been counting since 2008, while ecotourism gives local residents an economic incentive to protect the birds.
Madina Usmonova
