What Is Killing Penguins Near Uruguay in the Atlantic Ocean?

On Uruguay’s eastern coast, at least 2000 penguins had perished in the last 10 days.

According to the sources, the reason of the penguin’s death is still unknown.

According to accounts, Magellanic penguins that were discovered dead in the Atlantic Ocean and transported to Uruguayan coastlines by currents.

“This is aquatic mortality. Ninety percent are young specimens that come with empty stomachs and no fat stores, according to a story in NDTV that cited an expert.

The report also said that avian influenza testing was negative for all samples.

Southern Argentina is home to Magellanic penguin nests. They travel north during the southern hemisphere winter in search of food and warmer waters; they even make it as far as the coast of the Brazilian state of Espirito Santo.

Although this rate is significant, scientists feel that a certain proportion of penguin deaths is typical.

Similar circumstances occurred in Brazil last year when penguins were discovered deceased for unknown causes.

Hector Caymaris, the director of the Laguna de Rocha protected area, was quoted in the AFP story as saying that he counted more than 500 dead penguins over a stretch of the Atlantic coast that was six miles long.

Environmentalists blame overfishing and illicit fishing for the rise in fatalities of Magellanic penguins.

“As in the 1990s and 2000s, animals were starting to get hungry. The resource is overused, according to Richard Tesore of the non-profit SOS Marine Wildlife Rescue, who was cited by AFP.

He said that the report’s mention of a subtropical storm in the Atlantic, which struck southern Brazil in mid-July, likely contributed to the weakest animals dying from the bad weather.

Tesore was mentioning penguins along with the fact that he just