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  • Title: Listening to Whales: What the Orcas Have Taught Us
  • Author: Alexandra Morton
  • Publisher: Ballantine Books
  • Date Published: Reprint June 2004
  • Pages: 328
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    Three adult harbor seals in Puget Sound, Washington have tested positive for the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 strain. This marks the first incidence of HPAI in marine mammals on the West Coast.What should you do? Stay back and report sick seals. People and their pets should avoid all contact with sick or dead wildlife. HPAI is a “zoonotic disease” that has the potential to spread between animals and people and their pets. If you encounter sick, injured, or dead seals, call the ☎️ West Coast Region Stranding Hotline: (866) 767-6114. Do not attempt to move sick wild animals as this can spread the disease.This discovery follows an ongoing HPAI outbreak affecting seabirds on Rat and Marrowstone Islands in Washington since mid-summer. The outbreak resulted in the death of approximately 1,700 birds. The transmission from birds to seals highlights the complexity of managing infectious diseases in wildlife populations.We will continue to monitor the virus in collaboration with marine mammal stranding network partners and other governmental agencies.➡ Read more about the ongoing effort: www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/highly-pathogenic-avian-influenza-found-seals-marrowstone-is...📷 Photo: Healthy harbor seals in a tide pool along the coast of Washington State. Puget Sound seal populations are considered healthy. Credit Sophie McCoy, UNC#HPAI #H5N1 #zoonoticdisease #avianflu #seals #harborseals ... See MoreSee Less

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