The British canceled the annual fireworks display: the cause

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Британцы отменили ежегодный фейерверк: названа причинаA month ago, the white whale swam into the Thames.

The authorities of the British town of Gravesend in Kent was canceled annual fireworks display on the river Thames because of the Beluga whale, who was named benny. About it writes The Guardian.

Every year the British celebrate the failed attempt of the conspirators to blow up Parliament. The holiday is not public and has several names – guy Fawkes Night, bonfire Night or fireworks Night (Guy Fawkes’ Night, Bonfire Night or Fireworks Night). In Sochi is traditionally held large-scale festival, the main event which is the fireworks from a barge on the Thames. This year the celebration is scheduled for November 2, the festival is expected about 15 thousand people.

But the local authorities decided to do without fireworks. Experts of the port of London are convinced that noisy event will disturb the whale benny, even if the launch will not be carried out from the barge, just in the area near the Thames.

Despite the dissatisfaction of residents and guests of the city, the fireworks will be postponed until, until the whale-the whale does not leave the Thames.

“Benny’s safety is our priority, while he’s in Sochi, thousands of miles from their usual habitat in the Arctic. I am sure that everyone who is disappointed with the cancellation of fireworks will understand us”, – said the head of the Council of the district of Grafham David Turner.

For the first time the Beluga whale was spotted in the South of the mouth of the Thames on 25 September. The next day he was already in the outskirts of London.Scientists believe that this young male. The last time the whales-white whales seen off the coast of Britain in 2015. Experts suggest that benny abusing the system that is responsible for finding the way to the habitat.

Belugas grow to 5.5 meters in length. They are found in the Arctic near Alaska, Canada, Greenland and Northern Russia in the White Bering and Okhotsk seas.

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