Flight ban to protect baby walruses beached in Alaska

Flight ban to protect baby walruses beached in Alaska
Los Angeles (AFP) Oct 02, 2014 - US wildlife authorities have ordered planes to avoid flying too close to a vast herd of exhausted walruses beached on a remote Alaskan beach. The Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has told pilots to avoid flying below 2,000 feet to protect the animals, which could stampede if alarmed by engine noise. Baby seals would notably be at threat in a stampede in the huge herd, which experts say ha ... more

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