Death toll of Caspian seals reaches one thousand
Astana. May 10. Kazakhstan Today - The number of dead seals at the Kazakhstan coast of the Caspian Sea has increased and reached 928, the Emergency Ministry press service informed on Thursday.
"As of 17.00 p.m., total number of dead seals reached 928, the majority of them - 710 - seal calves," the Ministry of Emergency informed.
The first carcasses of dead seals were found at the coast of the Caspian Sea on March 30, in the area of Kalamkas dam near the Karazhanbas Kalamkas deposits. There were found 121 dead carcasses of seals.
According to the preliminary data, mass death of the Caspian Sea seals occurred due to unfavorable weather conditions: increasing temperatures during the winter months have not allowed the major part of the Northeast Caspian Sea to cover with ice that could increase mortality rate of population of seals. As a result of the conducted analyses in the Scientific Research Institute for Biological Safety of the Ministry of Education and Science of Kazakhstan, the virus of plagues carnivorous has been found in the seals' carcasses.
The Environmental Protection Office of Public Prosecutor brought the criminal case on the fact of the Caspian seals' death.
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