Chile - Mystery over 1,300 birds found dead on Chilean beach - May 19, 2015

[sharon sanders]

[h=1]Mystery over 1,300 birds found dead on Chilean beach[/h]
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The birds, which belong to the Procellariidae family, may have drowned after getting trapped in fishing nets or died from a disease such as bird flu, which is not endemic to Chile, said the country's Agriculture and Livestock Service (SAG).


http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/mystery-over-1300-birds-found-dead-on-chilean-beach/ar-BBjVqG5

 

[Emily]

There were 2300 birds ultimately found to have been killed by fishing nets in May of 2012 on Chile's coasts.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/12/world/americas/chile-peru-dead-birds/