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Sea lions’ death in Peru
February 19 , 2023
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- Around 585 sea lions and 55,000 wild birds have died of the H5N1 bird flu virus in recent weeks in Peru.
- The dead birds included pelicans, various types of gulls, and penguins, the Sernanp.
- In November, the country declared a 180-day health alert after finding three cases of highly contagious H5N1 in pelicans.
- It is rare that bird flu jumps over into mammals, and rarer still that humans catch the potentially deadly virus.
- But the virus has recently been found in foxes and otters in Britain, a cat in France, and grizzly bears in Montana.
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