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MASS DIE OFF OF WHALES AND BIRDS IN CHILE

Scientists, who were conducting research along the beach north of the Gulf of Penas, discovered at least 20 dead sei whales on April 21, 2015, but they only recently returned to a town where they were able to report the find to the fisheries service. The cause of death is unknown.

Over 1,300 birds were found dead on the beach in Concepcion, Chile, on Sunday afternoon on a black-sand beach in the southern town of Lenga, ...

21,000 BIRDS DIE ALONG COAST OF FRANCE

Excerpts taken from (translated) Le Figaro.fr

Since late January, about 21,000 seabirds of various species have died along the coast of France. Atlantic Puffin, guillemot and razorbills have been found among the dead.

Nicholas Gendre, ornithologist with the League for the Protection of Birds, said the die-off of this magnitude is historical. “After a storm, there are always some dead birds, but never so many,” he s...