The government of Peru is looking into the deaths of 1,200 pelicans along the same stretch of northern beaches where as many as 3,000 dolphins recently perished.
Local fisherman report that the birds have been turning up dead for the past 10-12 days. No cause of death has been determined for either the pelicans or dolphins.
Fabiola Valle
A massive pelican die-off occurred in the same area in 1997, and was blamed on a dearth of feeder anchovies resulting from an El Nino event in the Pacific Ocean.
