Virus threatens Europe's seals
A deadly seal virus is sweeping across the seas of Northern Europe and is threatening to match the devastating epidemic of 14 years ago that wiped out half the seal population in those waters, said an international study released tonight.
Scientific tests on the carcasses confirm that phocine distemper virus, which does not affect humans, has infected seal communities in Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands, said the study published in the journal Science.
