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Australia reports bird flu has killed 13.000 elephant seal pups in Heard and McDonald islands
A pathogenic bird flu strain, H5N1, has killed over 13,000 elephant seal pups in a breeding colony on a sub-Antarctic volcanic island, as discovered by Australian scientists from the Antarctic Program. The outbreak occurred in Heard and McDonald Islands, a remote sub-Antarctic territory.
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