An outrageous situation
At the beginning of May 2021, 170 dead Caspian seals were beached in Dagestan. Almost animals were young. And this
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poaching
Conservation Challenges for Land-locked Seals
On March 4-5, 2021, within the framework of the XI Marine Mammals of the Holarctic International Conference, Conservation Challenges for
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A large batch of sturgeons was seized in Kazakhstan
During a special operation on the Kulsary-Sarykamys highway, officers of the police department of the Atyrau Region (Kazakhstan) detained a
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Deceased in fishing net. Why is the coast of the Caspian Sea in dead seals?
“This morning is hardly said to be good. There are corpses all over the shore in the Reductorny village” –
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Border guards rescued 43 Caspian seals
The results of a large-scale operation to combat poachers were summed up. Kazakhstani and Russian border guards joined forces to
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A nature reserve for the Caspian seal
To protect the Caspian seal, a special protected natural zone will be created in Kazakhstan. This was told by Erlan
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Deliberate by-catch of the Caspian seal…
© 2019. Ermolin Ilya. Ph.D. (Political Science), Visiting Fellow, joint position in: School of Earth and Environment and School of Biology,
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Surgeons were rescued, but a Caspian seal could not be saved
On April 26, specialists from the Tupkaragan and Buzachinsky departments of the Mangystau Regional Territorial Inspectorate for Forestry and Wildlife conducted the
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Astrakhan border guards caught poachers having Caspian seal skins
Astrakhan border guards detained a 300-horse power boat in the northern part of the Caspian Sea with three poachers on
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160 Caspian seal skins
When sturgeons dramatically decrease in the Caspian – and sturgeon species will be exterminated soon – poachers start hunting on Caspian
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