By CNN’sPhilip Wangand CNNE’s Abel Alvarado

Published 7:16 PM EST, Mon March 6, 2023

https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/06/americas/bird-flu-sea-lion-deaths-peru-intl-latam/index.html

A personnel from the National Forest and Wild Fauna Service (SERFOR) checks on a sea lion, amidst rising cases of bird flu infections, on Chepeconde beach, in Lima, Peru, February 22, 2023.Sebastian Castaneda/ReutersCNN—

Thousands of sea lions have died in Peru amid an outbreak ofbird flu, according to Peru’s National Service of Protected Areas by the State (SERNANP).

Avian flu, also known as H5N1, has spread across multiple species in the country. An initial outbreak among birds was first reported in late November 2022 along the Peruvian coast.

SERNANP has now reported at least 63,000 dead birds due to the virus, as well as a rising number of deaths in other species.

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