A suffocation due to the release of natural gas is considered as the main version of the cause of the mass death of seals on the coast of the Caspian Sea in Dagestan, said the head of Rosprirodnadzor Svetlana Radinova.
“Yes, indeed, scientists express this assumption. So far this is the main version,” the Russian media cite her words.
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Radionova noted that the results of the samples will be obtained by the end of the week, but currently pollution of the water water area and some acute poisoning in animals do not fix.
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Earlier, the Ministry of Natural Resources of Dagestan reported that last weekend on the coast of the Caspian Sea in Dagestan the remains of dead seals in the amount of 2500 individuals were discovered.