Poisoning -- Argentina
An unprecedented number of Andean condors were found dead in western Argentina this week [week of Sun 21 Jan 2018], threatening a symbolic bird whose numbers are dwindling in parts of South America.
The bodies of 34 condors, 20 males and 14 females, were reported to environmental authorities in Mendoza province, and toxicology tests suggested they had been poisoned, the province said in a statement.
Luis Jacome, director of the Andean Condor Conservation Project in Buenos Aires, said
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5586913&promed&0
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