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2500 Dead Seals Found on Russia’s Caspian Coast
Epoch Times ^ | December 4, 2022 | Staff

Posted on 12/05/2022 5:26:40 AM PST by Red Badger

MOSCOW—About 2,500 seals have been found dead on the Caspian Sea coast in southern Russia, officials said Sunday.

Authorities in the Russian province of Dagestan said it was unclear why the mass die-off happened but that it was likely due to natural causes.

Regional officials initially reported Saturday that 700 dead seals were found on the coast, but the Dagestan division of the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment later raised the figure to about 2,500.

Zaur Gapizov, head of the Caspian Environmental Protection Center, said in a statement that the seals likely died a couple of weeks ago. He added that there was no sign that they were killed or caught in fishing nets.

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To: Vermont Lt
You'd better have a lot of good skinners on the scene.
You'll also need a fast rendering plant for the entrails etc.
21 posted on 12/05/2022 9:36:03 AM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: GaltAdonis

Make a Blubber Sandwich.


22 posted on 12/05/2022 9:46:22 AM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: rxh4n1

How did seals get into a landlocked sea?


23 posted on 12/05/2022 9:49:39 PM PST by rxh4n1
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