Marine animal poisonings overwhelm California volunteers
Gaviota (United States) (AFP) - Denise Christ regularly comes across injured wildlife in her work rescuing beached or stranded marine mammals along the California coast. But she's been shocked by the hundreds of sea lions and dolphins found on the shore in recent weeks, dead or dying from neurotoxin poisoning. "Heartbreaking, to say the least," said Christ, the Ventura County stranding coordinator for the Channel Islands Marine and Wildlife Institute (CIMWI). The animals were sickened by domoic acid, a neurotoxin produced by algae that are a food source for fish, which are then eaten by sea li...