200 dead walruses spotted on shore
ASSOCIATED PRESS - September 24, 2009 at 10:29AM AKST
Up to 200 dead walruses have been spotted on the shore of Chukchi Sea on Alaska’s northwest coast.
Federal wildlife researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey on their way to a walrus tagging project spotted 100 to 200 carcasses near Icy Cape about 140 miles southwest of Barrow.
They report the dead walruses appeared to be mostly new calves or yearlings. However, neither the age of the dead walruses nor the cause of death is known, said Bruce Woods, spokesman for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
“It’s just too early to say until we can get someone on the ground,” Woods said.
