Australia Evacuates 24 Researchers Fearing Mass Deaths of Elephant Seals Due to Bird Flu.
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Australia is evacuating 24 researchers from Macquarie Island in the Pacific Ocean. The government wants to prevent the scientists from having to watch as the elephant seals they are studying die en masse from bird flu. According to the ministry, it is psychologically too difficult for the team to continue working in close proximity to so many infected animals.
Australia has started evacuating technicians and operators of its research stations to remote Macquarie Island in Antarctica for the risk of psychosocial...
To avoid psychological trauma to researchers who witnessed the deaths of thousands of seals, the government decided to evacuate the research team. The image shown is of a southern elephant seal in Antarctica and is not related to this article. (Shutterstock)
Avian Flu Threatens Elephant-Seas and Forces Withdrawn From 24 Research Station Members in Australia
These mammals are highly susceptible to avian influenza H5N1, which recently arrived in this region of the world, and although no case has been detected on the island, the authorities fear that many die during the breeding season, from September to November.
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