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EPA's Deputy Director General for Technical Affairs and Acting Deputy Director-General for Environment Sector Mohammad Al-Enazi
KUWAIT, March 9 (KUNA) -- Kuwait's Environment Public Authority (EPA) has
launched a probe into the causes of dolphin deaths along Kuwaiti coasts in the
past days.
EPA's Deputy Director General for Technical Affairs and Acting Deputy
Director-General for Environment Sector Mohammad Al-Enazi told (KUNA) that the
dead dolphins were moved to secure places and a probe has been started to
identify the causes of their death.
He added that the EPA, in coordination with other relevant bodies, are
closely following up the issue.
The EPA teams are doing their best in this regard in collaboration with the
Public Authority for Agricultural Affairs and Fish Resources (PAAF), the
Interior Ministry's Coast Guard Department and Kuwait Municipality, Al-Enazi
said.
He urged the public not to heed unspecialized statements in this regard,
adding that the EPA will make official statements about any developments
later. (end)
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