Bay Area elephant seal deaths round triple digits amid bird flu outbreak

Bay Area elephant seal deaths round triple digits amid bird flu outbreak

PESCADERO, Calif. (KRON) -- Scientists continue to closely monitor a concentrated outbreak of avian influenza that is killing dozens of elephant seals on the San Francisco Bay Area coast. As of Friday, scientists said approximately 100 recent seal deaths at Año Nuevo State Park in southern San Mateo County were caused by the HPAI H5N1 virus. Research teams with UC Santa Cruz who are tracking the bird flu’s impact at the park’s reserve are curren…