Eight dead Red Book seals found on the shore of the Caspian Sea

Eight dead seals were found on the territory of the Oasis beach on the Caspian Sea in Makhachkala. About it informed administration of the Leninsky district of the city. They reminded that the Caspian seal is listed in the Red Book.

In early December, 700 dead Red Book seals were found on the coast of Dagestan. Studies of mass mortality of Caspian seals showedthat the animals were infected with avian influenza. In late spring – early summer last year on the island of Maly Zhemchuzhny, a mass death of a wild bird from the H5N1 avian influenza strain was recorded. the day before Telegram channel The environmental fund “Compass” reported that gulls that bred in the garbage dumps of Dagestan could carry the bird flu.