Thousands of dead seals wash up on Russia's Caspian shore
Source: CNN
By Mariya Knight,
(CNN)
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Around 2,500 endangered seals have been found dead on Russia’s Caspian coast, state-run news agency RIA Novosti reported Sunday, citing authorities in the North Caucasus region.
Caspian seals, the only mammals found in the Caspian Sea, have been classified as endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) red list since 2008.
The seals washed up on the coast of Russia’s republic of Dagestan, along the Caspian Sea, the largest landlocked body of water in the world, which is bordered by five countries: Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Turkmenistan.
Dagestan’s Ministry of Natural Resources said the animals had died of “natural factors” and warned that the number of dead seals was likely to be much higher.
A Caspian seal swimming in the Caspian Sea.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/04/world/dead-seals-russian-beach-caspian-intl-hnk/index.html
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