The Western Cape is currently battling the ongoing outbreak of Avian Influenza that has grappled the wild seabirds in the province, which now appears to have spread to South Africa’s endangered Cape cormorants population. The devasting outbreak appears to be killing around 5% of the world’s remaining population with around 12 000 dead cormorants being recorded so far, reports EWN. … Continue reading Avian Influenza continues to ravage endangered bird population