Bird flu outbreak in California elephant seals prompts officials to cancel popular tours

Researchers have found avian flu in elephant seal pups at California’s Año Nuevo State Park, and officials have stopped seal-watching tours to help limit the spread of the virus.

California seal-watching tours canceled due to bird flu outbreak

Parks officials in California have canceled popular guided elephant seal tours for the remainder of the season and ...

Bird flu detected in California elephant seals for the first time

Researchers from UC Davis and UC Santa Cruz have detected the H5N1 bird flu virus in elephant seal pups at California's Año ...
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First cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Northern Elephant Seals confirmed in California

The outbreak marks the first cases of HPAI H5N1 in marine mammals in California and the first detection in northern elephant ...

California elephant seals infected with bird flu

Seven baby elephant seals have tested positive for H5N1, the first case of bird flu in California marine mammals. On Tuesday ...

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Check out Kirhoffer's best challenges ever list (in chronological order, by season) and all the insider intel that comes with ...