the young, gray belugas. they can be trained. but the older ones, once they turn white, cannot. hunters come, the white belugas try to protect their young and often get caught in the nets. many die. >> t they get sent to china on these old, rusty boats. they spspend days i in little tububsn in the scorchihing heat. >> during loading or unloading, many belugas' necks break. amusement parks pay between 40 and 100 thousand euros for a young, gray beluga. the trade brings in millions. >> the problem is growing because there are more and more dolphinanariums. in russia theye being bubuilt all the time. they're lucrcrative. but e exps to china are also o increasis. it's as if an epidemic has broken out: every city wants its own dolphinanaum. so thehe business is booming - and the oceanariums s are gettg g biggr alall the me. the e chinese e as want to haveve the very bibigg. e ananimals for ththese aqua-pas are bought from russia. more and more people are getting involved jujust to get a pipiece of the action. ♪ >> the journalists have screened their film in russian cinemas, hoping to

the young, gray belugas. they can be trained. but the older ones, once they turn white, cannot. hunters come, the white belugas try to protect their young and often get caught in the nets. many die. >> t they get sent to china on these old, rusty boats. they spspend days i in little tububsn in the scorchihing heat. >> during loading or unloading, many belugas' necks break. amusement parks pay between 40 and 100 thousand euros for a young, gray beluga. the trade brings in millions. >> the problem is growing because there are more and more dolphinanariums. in russia theye being bubuilt all the time. they're lucrcrative. but e exps to china are also o increasis. it's as if an epidemic has broken out: every city wants its own dolphinanaum. so thehe business is booming - and the oceanariums s are gettg g biggr alall the me. the e chinese e as want to haveve the very bibigg. e ananimals for ththese aqua-pas are bought from russia. more and more people are getting involved jujust to get a pipiece of the action. ♪ >> the journalists have screened their film in russian cinemas, hoping to

with the dolphins and belugas, the white whales known for their extraordinary song. two women have been swimming with these magnificent creatures since they were children. now they've had to watch the numbers of belugas shrink over the years. more and more are being sold to dolphinariums. belugas live in the artic waters of russia in large families. they are intelligent, social beings. both filmmakers agree, it's a crime to rip them from that and stick them in tiny pools. their research shows that the number of dolphinariums along the coast of the black sea is rising. in china, they are sprouting like mushrooms. the demand for new beluga whales is growing. for the most part, captivity in a dolphinarium is pure hell. beluga whales usually swim hundreds of kilometers each day. but in captivity, they are kept in small pools and made to perform tricks. the intelligent sea mammals are reduced to remote-controlled toys. >> it's terrible to find out what is happening behind closed doors and fences, where belugas and dolphins are suffering. but it's even worse to know you can