ABC Australia
May 9, 2012
Nearly 900 dolphins and at least 5,000 birds, mostly pelicans, have died off Peru’s northern coast, the government has confirmed.
The country’s northern beaches have been declared off-limits as scientists scramble to pin down what has caused such a massive death toll.
Non-government organisations blame oil exploration work.
But Peru’s deputy environment minister Gabriel Quijandria disputed that, saying rising water temperatures, which disturb species’ food supplies, were a possible cause.
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