WildAlert Tracking a Botulism Health Event
WildAlert California is actively tracking a botulism health event that is taking place at Lake Tulare in California. The WildAlert system highlighted this event early on, allowing state, federal, and non-governmental partners to collaborate and take immediate action to save more wild lives.
The Oiled Wildlife Care Network (OWCN), a program of the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, is contracting with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to provide emergency veterinary care. As of this writing, close to 4,000 affected birds have been collected since August.
This event highlights the effectiveness of WildAlert and demonstrates how it can be used in other states to track similar events. Anyone is welcome to sign up for WildAlert in order to see trends in real time.
The graph below shows the number of birds that have been found with Botulism at Lake Tulare from July 2022 - October 4, 2023.
The graph below shows the number of birds that have been found with Botulism at Lake Tulare in September 2023.
