Experts will find out the reason for the death of birds (swan and ducks) on the beach near the Rixos hotel in Mangistau, Lada.kz reports .
What happened
In Aktau, during a walk along the beach on January 2, near the Rixos hotel, a local resident noticed dead birds. They were lying on the shore at a distance of 500 meters from the water. Inspectors were sent to the scene.
“According to ornithologist Malik Nukusbekov, the photo shows little grebes that nest in our region,” the publication writes.
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What the experts said
Later, the situation was commented on by the regional territorial inspection of the Committee for Forestry and Wildlife. While patrolling the coastline near the hotel, inspectors found the carcass of one swan, and the other six were duck-like. The city authorities and the hotel administration have already been informed about the discovery of dead birds.
"There are currently over 10 swans and other birds living on Lake Karakol. In this case, the death of several birds on the Caspian coast occurred naturally due to the weakened condition of the birds," the regional territorial inspection of the Forestry and Wildlife Committee says.
The inspection claims that there is no mass death. At the same time, at the end of December, specialists from the Center for Microbiology and Virology took samples from dead swans and ducks on Lake Karakol for research. The results will be ready by January 10. The department does not deny that the birds could have died due to bird flu.
Let us recall that a similar situation occurred in January last year.
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