Mass death of seals caused by oil extracting companies - Maslikhat deputy
Aktau. May 17. Kazakhstan Today - Mass death of the Caspian seals could be caused by the activity of oil-extracting companies, the deputy of Mangistau regional maslikhat Bolat Zhansugurov considers.
"It is obvious that one of the reasons of the latest extraordinary events in the Kazakhstan sector of the Caspian Sea is vigorous activity of oil-extracting companies, transportation of oil by out-of-date tankers not corresponding to the norms of navigation safety," B. Zhansugurov said.
The deputy considers that conclusions of the state bodies regarding the causes of the death of sea animals are biased and insists on attracting international experts to investigation of ecological disaster.
As it was informed earlier, 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.
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.
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