Friday, 10 August 2018

PRO/AH/EDR> Die-off, seabird - USA: (AK)

Animal Die-off -- United States
The cause behind unusual bird behavior on Alaska's coastline has scientists on high alert. Beginning in May [2018], wildlife officials began receiving reports of dead and dying seabirds from the northern Bering and southern Chukchi seas, including in the vicinity of the Western Arctic National Parklands.
National Park Service investigators found 100 carcasses in a 4-kilometer [about 2.5 mi] stretch of beach in late June [2018], most of which were murres along the coast of the Bering Land

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5959072&promed&0

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