Seals Victims Of Deadly Distemper Virus
June 25, 2007 @ 02:58 AM (EST)
Source: Earthtimes.org
Authorities in Denmark's Veterinary Medicine Institute on Sunday confirmed that dead seal pups washed ashore on the island of Anholt had fallen victim to the same viral strain of distemper which has twice decimated the seal population of the North and Baltic Seas in the past 20 years. Some 48 dead common seal pups have washed ashore in recent days on the island, located in Kattegat, the Baltic Sea strait between Denmark and Sweden. Seven new bodies were found on Sunday alone...
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