Tag Archive for PRO/AH/EDR> Bird die-off, seabirds – Netherlands: starvation
PRO/AH/EDR> Bird die-off, seabirds – Netherlands: starvation
Animal Die-off -- NetherlandsDutch scientists have been left baffled after 20 000 dead or dying seabirds washed up on North Sea beaches in a phenomenon not seen for decades. The fish-eating guillemots have been washing up between the northern Wadden Islands and southwestern Zeeland -- all showing symptoms of severe starvation, a marine biologist said.However, the bird deaths are confined only to Dutch shores, with nothing reported in Belgium or Germany. Scientists are now planning a mass autopsy Read more [...]
