MOSCOW (AP) — About 2,500 seals have been discovered lifeless on the Caspian Coastline in southern Russia, officers stated Sunday.
Authorities within the Russian province of Dagestan stated it was unclear why the mass die-off occurred however that it was seemingly attributable to pure causes.
Regional officers initially reported Saturday that 700 lifeless seals had been discovered on the coast, however the Dagestan division of the Russian Ministry of Pure Assets and Setting later raised the determine to about 2,500.
Zaur Gapizov, head of the Caspian Environmental Safety Middle, stated in an announcement that the seals seemingly died a few weeks in the past. He added that there was no signal that they had been killed or caught in fishing nets.
Specialists of the Federal Fisheries Company and prosecutors inspected the shoreline and picked up knowledge for laboratory analysis, which didn’t instantly spot any pollution.
A number of earlier incidents of mass seal deaths had been attributed to pure causes. Kazakhstan, which has a protracted Caspian shoreline, reported no less than three such incidents this yr.
Knowledge in regards to the variety of seals within the Caspian fluctuate broadly. The fisheries company has stated the general variety of Caspian seals is 270,000-300,000, whereas the Caspian Environmental Safety Middle put the quantity at 70,000.
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