About 2,500 seals have been discovered useless on the Caspian Beach 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 possible resulting from pure causes.
Regional officers initially reported Saturday that 700 useless seals have been discovered on the coast, however the Dagestan division of the Russian Ministry of Pure Sources and Atmosphere later raised the determine to about 2,500.
Zaur Gapizov, head of the Caspian Environmental Safety Middle, stated in an announcement that the seals possible died a few weeks in the past. He added that there was no signal that they have been killed or caught in fishing nets.
Specialists of 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 have been attributed to pure causes. Kazakhstan, which has an extended Caspian shoreline, reported a minimum of three such incidents this yr.
Information in regards to the variety of seals within the Caspian differ 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.
