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Officials Confirm Small Bird Flu ‘Outbreak’ in Elephant Seals at Año Nuevo State Park

Scientists have confirmed that seven weaned northern elephant seal pups at the park tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza, known as H5N1. The confirmation, provided by the U.S.
University of California

First cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Northern Elephant Seals confirmed in California

Seven weaned elephant seal pups in California’s Año Nuevo State Park tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Veterinary ...
Mongabay

Signs of hope as elephant seals rebound from avian flu in remote Chilean fjord

If you liked this story, share it with other people. An outbreak of avian flu in 2023 hammered a colony of southern elephant seals in Chile’s Tierra del Fuego region, leading to a 50% decline in its ...
Los Angeles Times

Bird flu slams seals and sea lions at the bottom of the world but spares Pacific Coast so far

H5N1 bird flu is devastating marine mammals in the Southern Hemisphere, with some elephant seal colonies suffering up to 97% pup mortality since 2022. Breeding elephant seals on South Georgia Island ...
Mongabay

Avian flu strikes California’s northern elephant seals; area quarantined

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Experts confirmed that seven young northern elephant seals on the beach at California’s Año Nuevo State Park carried a deadly form of avian ...