Friday, April 27, 2007

Algae killing birds

Algae killing birds, sealife in Calif. (AP)

Wildlife biologist Susan Kaveggia, right, and wildlife technician Julie King prepare to examine an ailing California brown pelican at the LA Oiled Bird Care & Education Center in Los Angeles' San Pedro district Thursday, April 26, 2007. An outbreak of domoic acid off the coast of California is killing thousands of animals and affecting more species of birds than ever before, according to the International Bird Rescue Research Center. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)AP - A bloom of ocean algae that produces a toxic acid has sickened and killed hundreds of birds, sea lions and dolphins in California, environmentalists said.


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