Activists reported 300 dead cormorants on the Sudzhuk Spit.

On December 26, the Telegram channel "Sudzhuk Lagoon #battleforproran" published photos taken on the coast of Novorossiysk. The images show dead cormorants. According to a source, the bodies of approximately 300 birds were found in the area between the Gesha Kozodoev monument and the Ministry of Emergency Situations base.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot," a year after the tanker accident in the Kerch Strait, local residents are finding birds covered in oil products, and volunteers from the Zhemchuzhnaya Center continue to rehabilitate them, despite huge debts.

According to local volunteers, no visible traces of oil products were found on the dead birds. To prevent potential sanitary risks, the birds' bodies were collected in bags for subsequent disposal. The exact cause of the mass death remains unknown, with only preliminary theories being put forward, according to the Telegram channel.

Alexander Skornyakov, head of the Novorossiysk city administration's environmental safety department, reported that the veterinary service will be brought in to determine the cause of the incident and conduct the necessary research. Biologist and ecologist Veniamin Golubitchenko emphasized the need for an urgent investigation, according to the publication "Yuga."

According to him, such a mass death could potentially pose a danger to human health. He suggested that the birds' deaths could have been caused by infectious diseases, oil product poisoning, or seafood poisoning.

As a reminder, on December 15, 2024, two tankers carrying fuel oil sank in the Kerch Strait. A crew member from one of the tankers died as a result. In addition, an oil spill occurred, leading to catastrophic environmental consequences, according to the "Caucasian Knot" report "Fuel Oil Spill in the Kerch Strait".

Materials on the consequences of the fuel oil spill have been collected by the "Caucasian Knot" on the page "Eco-disaster in Kuban".

"Caucasian Knot" also reported that Kuban authorities planned to transfer more than 439 million rubles to the budgets of Anapa and the Temryuk District over the next two years to restore beaches after the fuel oil spill.