Tag: Sea Lions

• Sunday, August 27th 2023 - 14:17 UTC

  Mar del Plata breakwater closed due to sea lions dying of bird flu

  

  Coast Guard and port authorities in the Argentine beach resort of Mar del Plata Saturday closed the South breakwater after the National Service of Agrifood Health and Quality (Senasa) confirmed two cases of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5 in sea lions in the area where 4 dead specimens were found.

• Wednesday, August 23rd 2023 - 08:49 UTC

  Sea lions in Necochea died of avian flu?

  

  Argentine authorities are investigating whether the death of around 40 sea lions inside the port terminal of Necochea / Quequén was due to an outbreak of avian flu, it was reported Tuesday. A colony of about 400 sea lions is usually to be found there.

• Saturday, August 12th 2023 - 10:47 UTC

  Bird flu detected in dead sea lions on Tierra del Fuego shores

  

  Argentine authorities Friday confirmed the detection of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5 in sea lions found dead on the Tierra del Fuego shores.

• Wednesday, March 18th 2015 - 01:52 UTC

  Hundreds of sea lion pups stranded in California as nursing mothers can’t find sufficient food

  

  Animal rescue centers in California are being inundated with stranded, starving sea lion pups, raising the possibility that the facilities could soon be overwhelmed, the federal agency coordinating the rescue said.