{"id":15625,"date":"2020-10-24T15:54:01","date_gmt":"2020-10-24T10:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/udaen.info\/?p=15625"},"modified":"2020-10-24T15:54:01","modified_gmt":"2020-10-24T10:24:01","slug":"more-than-7000-dead-seals-found-along-namibian-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/udaen.info\/?p=15625","title":{"rendered":"More than 7,000 dead seals found along Namibian beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"main_content\" class=\"layout news_detail\">\n<div id=\"fontSize\" class=\"sitecontent\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-xs-12\">\n<h1 class=\"news_heading detail_title\">More than 7,000 dead seals found along Namibian beach<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"panel-display panel-1col clearfix\">\n<div class=\"panel-panel panel-col\">\n<div class=\"panel-pane pane-panels-mini pane-news-details\">\n<div id=\"mini-panel-news_details\" class=\"panel-display panel-2col clearfix\">\n<div class=\"panel-panel panel-col-first\">\n<div class=\"inside\">\n<div class=\"panel-pane pane-views pane-news\">\n<div class=\"view view-news view-id-news view-display-id-block view-dom-id-02aa828111b92fc3f0f54c6f07250b4e\">\n<div class=\"view-content\">\n<div class=\"item-list\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first views-row-last\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"social_share detail_share\">\n<p class=\"date\">\n<div class=\"social_share_box\"><span class=\"share\">Share Now<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"contrast_light\" src=\"http:\/\/ddnews.gov.in\/sites\/all\/themes\/cmf\/theme\/images\/share.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"sharebtns\">\n<li class=\"s_icons\"><a class=\"facebook\" title=\"The in%2Fpeople%2Fmore-7000-dead-seals-found-along-namibian-beach file Open in new window\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fddnews.gov.in%2Fpeople%2Fmore-7000-dead-seals-found-along-namibian-beach\" target=\"_BLANK\">Share on Facebook<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"s_icons\"><a class=\"twitter\" title=\"The in%2Fpeople%2Fmore-7000-dead-seals-found-along-namibian-beach file Open in new window\" role=\"link\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fddnews.gov.in%2Fpeople%2Fmore-7000-dead-seals-found-along-namibian-beach\" target=\"_BLANK\">Share on Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-php-1\"><span class=\"field-content\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"More than 7,000 dead seals found along Namibian beach\" src=\"http:\/\/ddnews.gov.in\/sites\/default\/files\/seal.JPG\" alt=\"More than 7,000 dead seals found along Namibian beach\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"news_content\">\n<p class=\"heading_small\">The number of dead seals found washed ashore on the coast of Namibia has risen to more than 7,000, non-profit group Ocean Conservation Namibia (OCN) said on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>OCN said last week that thousands of dead seal pups had been found at Pelican Point peninsula, a tourist destination known for its colony of seals and school of dolphins.<\/p>\n<p>Naude Dreyer, a marine biologist at OCN, said investigations in the past week had revealed a spike in the number of dead female adults.<\/p>\n<p>He said investigations had mainly centred on the Pelican Point Beach, so the overall number of dead seals could be higher.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources said last week it would send samples to South Africa to determine the cause of death. Dreyer said this had not yet been done because of the need to observe strict guidelines on shipping dangerous animal products.<\/p>\n<p>The ministry was not immediately available for comment.<\/p>\n<p>OCN said last week starvation was the most probable cause as fish, the seals&#8217; main source of food, have moved from Pelican Point, but other reasons could be toxins or disease and nothing could be ruled out without a full study.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"panel-panel panel-col-last\">\n<div class=\"inside\">\n<div class=\"panel-pane pane-custom pane-1\">\n<div class=\"row pre_next s-pre\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-6 col-xs-6\">\n<div class=\"previous\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ddnews.gov.in\/people\/international-snow-leopard-day-being-celebrated-today\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ddnews.gov.in\/sites\/default\/files\/snow_2.jpg\" alt=\"International Snow Leopard Day being celebrated today\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"previous_title\">International Snow Leopard Day being celebrated today<\/p>\n<p class=\"previous_link\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-8 mob_hide\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row pre_next s-next\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"top_footer\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"menu-block-wrapper menu-block-1 menu-name-menu-footer-menu parent-mlid-0 menu-level-1\">\n<ul class=\"menu\">\n<li class=\"menu__item is-expanded first expanded menu-mlid-508 col-sm-3 col-xs-6\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 7,000 dead seals found along Namibian beach Share Now Share on Facebook Share on Twitter The number of dead seals found washed ashore on the coast of Namibia has risen to more than 7,000, non-profit group Ocean Conservation Namibia (OCN) said on Friday. OCN said last week that thousands of dead seal pups [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/udaen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15625"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/udaen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/udaen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/udaen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/udaen.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15625"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/udaen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15626,"href":"https:\/\/udaen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15625\/revisions\/15626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/udaen.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/udaen.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/udaen.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}