The press service of the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation reported that 11 objects of the animal world in Russia are considered to be probably extinct, Kommersant writes.
“Among them are the population of the Black Sea basin of the Atlantic sturgeon, the aboriginal population of the Baltic sturgeon, the red-footed ibis, the black-bellied capercaillie, Yankovsky's bunting, the monk seal, the kulan, the Przewalski's horse and others,” the ministry said.
It is noted that over the past 400 years, nine species and subspecies of animals have disappeared from the territory of Russia, including the tur, the steppe tarpan, and the sea cow. At the moment, 443 objects of the animal world and 676 species of plants are included in the Red Book.
Earlier, the head of the Institute of Ecology and Sustainable Development of the Dagestan State University, Alimurad Hajiyev, said that about a quarter of the Red Book seals that died on the Caspian Sea coast were found without a skin, almost all of them have traces of nets. All of this is evidence of poaching.
The Caspian seal (Caspian seal) was listed in the Red Book of Russia in 2020. Releases of dead Caspian seals on the coast near Dagestan have been observed in recent years with a frequency of once every several years.
