2,500 dead seals found on Russia’s Caspian coast

Scientists collected information for laboratory analysis, which didn’t instantly determine any pollution within the deceased animals.

About 2,500 seals have been discovered lifeless on the Caspian Coastline in southern Russia.

Authorities within the Russian province of Dagestan mentioned it was unclear why the mass die-off occurred however it was probably due to pure causes.

Regional officers initially reported on Saturday that 700 lifeless seals had been discovered on the coast, however the Dagestan division of the Russian Ministry of Pure Sources and Setting later raised the determine to about 2,500.

Zaur Gapizov, head of the Caspian Environmental Safety Heart, mentioned in an announcement the seals probably died a few weeks in the past. He added there was no signal that they had been killed or caught in fishing nets.

Consultants from the Federal Fisheries Company and prosecutors inspected the shoreline and picked up information 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 not less than three such incidents this yr.

Information concerning the variety of seals within the Caspian fluctuate broadly. The fisheries company has mentioned the general variety of Caspian seals is 270,000 to 300,000, whereas the Caspian Environmental Safety Heart put the quantity at 70,000.