Russia reports 2,500 dead seals found on Caspian coast

MOSCOW, Russia: Russian officials have said that some 2,500 Caspian seals have been found dead on the Caspian Sea coast in south of the country.

The cause of the mass deaths is unclear, but it was likely due to natural causes, said authorities in the Russian province of Dagestan.

Local officials reported 700 dead seals found along the coast, but this figure was later raised to some 2,500 by the Dagestan d