18 more dead seals found at Caspian Sea coast

Astana. April 25. Kazakhstan Today - The number of dead seals in the Kazakhstan part of the Caspian Sea continues to increase. Only for the last day 18 more dead animals have been found, the agency reports referring to the press service of the Ministry of Emergency of Kazakhstan.

"As of 18.00 p.m. Tuesdays, total number of dead seals has made 679 carcasses, 524 of which - are seal calves," the press service informed.

The first carcasses of dead animals 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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