baikal seals

Recently, researchers found that about 130 seals drifted ashore on Baikal, the world's deepest lake in southern Siberia.

A Russian senator has caused controversy when calling to raise the limit of hunting indigenous seals in Lake Baikal to 7,000 per year.

Scientists have identified the 20 most important marine and lake areas in the world, to protect the survival of mammals living in these places.