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  • hundreds of pelicans have been found dead at a UNESCO World Heritage site in northern Senegal, according to the country's parks director Booker Time said it cause has not yet been established for the deaths of 740 juveniles and 10 adults at the Ju Ji Bird Sanctuary.

  • It's a remote pocket of wetland near the border with Mauritania and serves as a refuge and resting place for birds that crossed the Sahara Desert into West Africa each year.

  • Authorities have closed the park and ordered the incineration of the dead birds as a precaution.

  • This month, Senegal reported an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H five n one bird flu, resulting in the culling of around 100,000 chickens.

hundreds of pelicans have been found dead at a UNESCO World Heritage site in northern Senegal, according to the country's parks director Booker Time said it cause has not yet been established for the deaths of 740 juveniles and 10 adults at the Ju Ji Bird Sanctuary.

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