1,700 dead seals found along Russia’s Caspian coast

The seals have been found along the coast of the Caspian Sea in Dagestan (RU-RTR Russian Television via AP)

Around 1,700 seals have been found dead on the Caspian Sea coast in southern Russia, officials have said.

Authorities in the Russian province of Dagestan said it remained unclear what had caused the animals’ deaths, but that it was likely they had died of natural causes.