A large number of seal carcasses have been found along the coast of the Caspian Sea in Russia. Local governments and related laboratories are investigating the cause of seal death.

(Associated Press)

[Instant News/Comprehensive Report] On the 4th local time, a large number of seal carcasses were found on the coast of the Caspian Sea in southern Russia, about 2,500. Natural causes.

According to comprehensive foreign media reports, the authorities of the Russian Republic of Dagestan (Dagestan) pointed out that local officials initially reported on the 3rd that 700 seal carcasses were found along the coast of the Caspian Sea, but the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment later reported the number of seal carcasses to 2,500.

Zaur Gapizov, head of the Caspian Sea Environmental Protection Center, pointed out that the seals may have died two weeks ago, but there is no evidence that the seals were killed or captured by fishing nets.

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Experts from the Russian Federal Fisheries Service have investigated relevant research data along the Caspian Sea coast, but have not found any relevant pollutants.

Relevant experts have obtained samples from the seal carcasses and must wait for relevant laboratory results to determine the cause of the seal's death.

There have been many mass die-offs of seals along the coast of the Caspian Sea in the past, all of which were attributed to natural factors. Kazakhstan, which is also on the coast of the Caspian Sea, has also experienced three mass die-offs of seals this year.