Azerbaijan working to establish reasons for mass death of Caspian seals

Caspian Sea specialists are working to reveal the reasons for the mass death of Caspian seals (Phoca caspica), the corpses of which were found on the seashore in Dagestan.

Laboratory tests for viruses and bacteria were taken, Caliber.Az reports, citing Azerbaijan’s Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry.

The ministry said that no such facts had been recorded on the Azerbaijani coast of the Caspian Sea.

The sea current may nudge the seals’ corpses from Dagestan to the Absheron Peninsula’s northern coast in the coming days, the ministry assumed.