Timothy Mousseau, a professor of biological sciences, told Newsweek that military action in Chernobyl could be dangerous to the animals living there.
and troops have been massed there for 12 days. Experts suspect the strategic benefits of basing military operations in the exclusion zone are numerous–it is a largely unpopulated area, connected by a highway that heads straight to Ukraine's capital city, Kyiv. This means troops are likely to stay there for quite some time.A picture shows horses on a snow covered field in the Chernobyl exclusions zone.
He said if this disturbance continues, it is likely the wildlife will gradually move away from the zone, into adjacent areas.The military action could also pose more serious, long-term, risks to the area's wildlife. The area may be carpeted with landmines, Mousseau said, which could pose a"very significant threat" to larger wildlife that roams the land, such as deer and bison,"for many years to come.
Carmel Mothersill, professor and research chair in environmental radiobiology at McMaster University, Canada, toldthat scientists"have no idea" what is happening, or what will happen to wildlife in the area.