About 2,500 dead seals wash ashore on Russia's Caspian Sea
The cause of the mass die-off wasn’t known, but Russian authorities in Dagestan province said indications pointed to natural causes.
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The cause of the mass die-off wasn’t known, but Russian authorities in Dagestan province said indications pointed to natural causes.
MOSCOW—About 2,500 seals have been found dead on the Caspian Sea coast in southern Russia, officials said Sunday. ...
A spokesman for the Caspian Environmental Protection Centre said the seals probably died a couple of weeks ago and there was no sign they were killed by poachers.
It is unclear why the mass die-off happened but it's most likely due to natural causes