A rehabilitation center for spotted seals – also known as largha seals – has been operating in the village of Tavrichanka, in Russia’s Primorye Territory, for the past several years. The center is Primorye’s only facility of its kind.
© RIA Novosti . Vitali AnkovA rehabilitation center for spotted seals – also known as largha seals – has been operating in the village of Tavrichanka, in Russia’s Primorye Territory, for the past several years. The center is Primorye’s only facility of its kind.
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A rehabilitation center for spotted seals – also known as largha seals – has been operating in the village of Tavrichanka, in Russia’s Primorye Territory, for the past several years. The center is Primorye’s only facility of its kind.
© RIA Novosti . Vitali AnkovThis year, there has been a considerable increase in the number of sick and dying spotted seals off the Primorye coast, the center’s director Lora Beloivan said.
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This year, there has been a considerable increase in the number of sick and dying spotted seals off the Primorye coast, the center’s director Lora Beloivan said.
© RIA Novosti . Vitali AnkovFive seal pups have been brought to the rehabilitation center since the start of the year.
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Five seal pups have been brought to the rehabilitation center since the start of the year.
© RIA Novosti . Vitali AnkovOne of the pups was found on the territory of the Primorye Ship Repair Yard. Photo: A one-month-old spotted seal pup in a special enclosure at the Tyulen rehabilitation center.
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One of the pups was found on the territory of the Primorye Ship Repair Yard. Photo: A one-month-old spotted seal pup in a special enclosure at the Tyulen rehabilitation center.
© RIA Novosti . Vitali AnkovThe seal was covered in fuel oil and it is unlikely that the pup would have survived on its own. Photo: A one-month-old spotted seal pup in a special enclosure at the Tyulen rehabilitation center.
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The seal was covered in fuel oil and it is unlikely that the pup would have survived on its own. Photo: A one-month-old spotted seal pup in a special enclosure at the Tyulen rehabilitation center.
© RIA Novosti . Vitali AnkovCurrently, the center is nursing four sick animals. Photo: A one-month-old spotted seal pup in a special enclosure at the Tyulen rehabilitation center.
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Currently, the center is nursing four sick animals. Photo: A one-month-old spotted seal pup in a special enclosure at the Tyulen rehabilitation center.
© RIA Novosti . Vitali AnkovA one-month-old spotted seal pup in a special enclosure at the Tyulen rehabilitation center.
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A one-month-old spotted seal pup in a special enclosure at the Tyulen rehabilitation center.
© RIA Novosti . Vitali AnkovA one-month-old spotted seal pup in a special enclosure at the Tyulen rehabilitation center.
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A one-month-old spotted seal pup in a special enclosure at the Tyulen rehabilitation center.