A female discovered the bodies of the animals while strolling her pets on Thorntonloch beach at Dunbar ALAMY

Ecological authorities have actually asked residents to keep away from dead seals identified on the East Lothian coast in the middle of issue that their deaths might have been triggered by bird influenza.

A female discovered the bodies while strolling her pets on Thorntonloch beach at Dunbar.

A representative for the Scottish Wildlife Trust stated: “We can’t really understand the reason for seal death without a post-mortem: any seals, whales, dolphins, cetaceans, marine turtles and basking sharks that clean ashore ought to be reported to the Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Plan, who perform this research study.

” Due to the existing bird influenza break out that research study reveals seals are vulnerable to, we highly recommend that individuals keep themselves and their animals remote from any marine animals discovered on the coast which …