Marine Wildlife Deaths

More than 500 pelicans and hundreds of dolphins have mysteriously died and washed up along the northern Pacific coast of Peru. Peruvian health officials are investigating and believe the dolphins may have died as a result of a virus. No explanation has been given for the death of the pelicans. It is suggested that a shift in ocean currents may have diverted the rich shoals of anchovy further offshore, leaving the birds without sufficient food supplies.