317 seals, found on the Caspian Sea coast in Dagestan, could die from a disease or military training. But again, the exact cause was unknown. On November 01, the Dagestanskiy State Nature Reserve received information about the mass mortality of seals. Hundreds of animals were found on the Caspian Sea coast. “An expedition was immediately organized; we went to the area, passed 27 km finding 317 dead seals. That was so much”, reports TASS referring to the interview with Kurban Kuniev, the Director of the nature reserve. And the director clarified that the seals had not died in the Dagestan part of the Caspian. “They had been brought to us from neighboring areas, the storm was just at the end of October”, said Kuniev. To learn more: http://www.kaspika.org/cause-of-death-of-seals-could-be-virus-2/ Nataliya Shumeyko, KASPIKA Caspian Seals Conservation Agency http://www.kaspika.org/en/ Dead seals. The Caspian Sea coast in Dagestan, Russia. The photo by K. Kuniev and G. Dzhamirzoev.