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2,000 rare seals die in a month

Kazakhstan said yesterday that almost 2,000 seal carcasses on its Caspian Sea shores in under a month, raising new concerns over the endangered species. The Central Asian country has reported sporadic mass deaths of the seals - the onl

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Published 21 November 2024, 8:00 · Updated 18:13

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2,000 rare seals die in a month

AFP | Almaty

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Kazakhstan said yesterday that almost 2,000 seal carcasses on its Caspian Sea shores in under a month, raising new concerns over the endangered species.

The Central Asian country has reported sporadic mass deaths of the seals - the only mammals to live in the Caspian Sea, which is the world’s biggest inland body of water. Some scientists have linked the deaths to pollution in the sea.

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