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Die-Off of 5,000 Seal Pups on Beach Triggers Inquiry in Namibia
- Cape fur seals have been giving birth to premature pups
- Samples will be sent to South Africa for laboratory analysis
Young cape fur seals gather along the beaches of Cape Cross, in Namibia, Africa in 2017.
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An unprecedented die-off of over 5,000 Cape fur seal pups on a Namibian beach is being probed by the country’s fisheries ministry.
The pups were found dead at Pelican Point near the port of Walvis Bay. The pups were born prematurely and died almost immediately, said Naude Dreyer, a marine biologist at Ocean Conservation Namibia, a non-profit group.