High number of seal deaths linked to bird flu, feds say

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High number of seal deaths linked to bird flu, feds say
Buy NowA harbor seal pokes its head out of the water in Casco Bay, Thursday, July 30, 2020, off Portland, Maine. An usual number of seals have been getting stranded and dying off Maine this summer, and avian influenza is to blame, the federal government said Tuesday July 5, 2022.Robert F. Bukaty

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — An unusual number of seals are becoming stranded and dying off Maine this summer, and avian influenza is to blame, the federal government said Tuesday.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has confirmed that samples from four Maine seals tested positive for the virus. The animals all died or required euthanasia, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said.

Marine mammal rescuers started to notice an unusually high number of seal strandings in June…

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