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Hundreds of Seals Found Dead on Caspian Sea Shore
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have been concerned about increasing exploration of the Caspian Sea's extensive oil reserves.
Last year, 350 seals and thousands of sturgeon died in a northern part of the Caspian region as a result of a heavy metal leak from the Kashagan oil field.
Also, several epidemics of a viral disease have killed thousands of Caspian seals since the late 1990s.
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