Rionegro News – Bird flu kills 100 sea lions in Punta Bermeja: can the disease be cured?

Paul UlrichConservation Defender and Coordinator of the Punta Bermeja Reserve, confirms coast fm So far, 100 stuffed sea lions in the habitat have died from bird flu.

As he told the radio station, “every day, on the beaches of La Loberia, there are new deaths recorded or symptoms of bird flu. The situation is very serious, and the whole of Argentina, from Buenos Aires to Tira It’s all the way down the coast.” del Fuego counts more than 100 dead specimens, including those found at El Cóndor. “

However, he clarified, “We have to take into account what happens in populations with very few specimens, because we have here one of the largest wolf populations on the continent, around 7,500 wolves. That’s huge. The country’s Other groups have 200 to 300 wolves.”

Regarding the possible emergence of birds that have been killed by the virus, he said, “a large proportion of these — gulls, terns, Antarctic pigeons — are migratory and mobile birds through which they may have transmitted the virus, but It is not clear.” “It is not clear what affected this habitat. There are almost no dead birds. Studies conducted by SENASA and the Ministry of Environment have only tested positive for bird flu in sea lions.”

Can bird flu be cured?

Asked if bird flu could be cured, Ulrich said, “Only this disease can be controlled. It is spread by birds. It started in the northern hemisphere, traveled across the Pacific Ocean, and has now reached the Atlantic Ocean.”

In that sense, he added, “a lot of money has to be invested so that every species has its vaccine or medicine, and unfortunately a lot of effort and a lot of money has to be put into finding something that can help wolves in particular.”