Scores of starving and sick pelicans are found along the California coast

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. -- Scores of sick and starving pelicans person been recovered successful coastal California communities successful caller weeks and galore others person died.

Lifeguards spotted a clump of 2 twelve sick pelicans earlier this week connected a pier successful coastal Newport Beach and called successful wildlife experts to assist.

Debbie McGuire, enforcement manager of the Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center successful Huntington Beach, said the birds are the latest radical that they've tried to prevention aft taking successful much than 100 different pelicans that were anemic, dehydrated and weighing lone fractional of what they should.

“They are starving to decease and if we don't get them into care, they volition die,” McGuire said. “It truly is simply a crisis.”

It is not instantly wide what is sickening the birds. Some wildlife experts noted the pelicans are malnourished adjacent though marine beingness abounds disconnected the Pacific Coast.

Bird Rescue, which runs 2 wildlife centers successful Northern and Southern California, reported 110 sick pelicans successful the past 3 weeks, galore entangled successful sportfishing enactment oregon hooks. A akin lawsuit occurred successful 2022, the radical said.

Wildlife organizations are focused connected caring for the birds until they tin beryllium released backmost into the wild.