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By Reuters Staff 2 Min Read Pelicans gather at the Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary in Senegal, January 2020, in this still image obtained from social media video. Instagram/@David.W.Nystrom/via REUTERS NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) - About 245 pelican chicks and two dozen adult pelicans have died from H5N1 bird flu in a Mauritanian national park bordering an area in northern Senegal that was hit by the virus, Mauritania’s environment ministry said on Saturday. The birds’ bodies were discovered in Diawling National Park’s protected wetlands, which sit on the Mauritanian side of the Senegal river ...

Hundreds of dead pelicans have tested positive for bird flu Senegal. Some 750 pelicans found dead in the Djoudj bird sanctuary in northern Senegal last week have tested positive for H5N1 bird flu. Rangers found the pelicans on January 23 in the UNESCO World Heritage site, a remote pocket of wetland near the border with Mauritania and a resting place for birds that cross the Sahara Desert into West Africa each year. The birds were incinerated and...

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Rangers are investigating mystery deaths at Djoudj bird sanctuary, a migratory pitstop for hundreds of bird species © Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images Senegal authorities are incinerating the dead pelicans and have closed Djoudj bird sanctuary while they investigate.Seven hundred and fifty pelicans have been found dead in a Unesco world heritage site in northern Senegal that provides refuge for millions of migratory birds, the country's parks director has said. Rangers found the pelicans on Saturday in the Djoudj bird sanctuary, a remote pocket of wetland near the border with Mauritania and a...

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