The Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds warned that the serious outbreak of Avian Influenza among wild seabirds in the Bergrivier Municipality on the West Coast, as well as the Walker Bay area in the Overberg of the province has had a massive effect on the Cape cormorant populations.
The Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds warned that the serious outbreak of Avian Influenza among wild seabirds in the Bergrivier Municipality on the West Coast, and the Walker Bay area in the Overberg of the province has had a massive effect on the Cape cormorant populations.outbreak of Avian Influenza among wild seabirds.
Provincial minister for local government, environmental affairs and development planning Anton Bredell said authorities had been working all weekend to clean up suspected outbreaks and to remove dead and sick birds to prevent the spread of the virus. Over the weekend roughly 700 dead birds a day were collected from various regions across the province, with the main hotspots continuing to be the Bergrivier Municipality and Dyer Island in the Overberg.
Most of those affected are Cape cormorants. This is especially distressing after the rescue and rehabilitation of 1,700 Cape cormorant chicks at the beginning of the year. This year a highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza has been circulating in seabirds in the Western Cape. This viral disease has affected and killed a large variety of seabirds, including pelicans, gulls and cormorants.
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