Brown Pelicans Released After Mass-Stranding Event in Southern California

Supporters and bystanders are encouraged to watch quietly as pelicans are released after they had been nursed back to health, on a jetty at Corona Del Mar State Beach in Newport Beach, Calif., on June 17, 2022. Julianne Foster/The Epoch Times

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.—Twelve brown pelicans were released at noon on June 17 by the Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center (WWCC) off a jetty at Corona Del Mar State Beach after they had been carefully nursed back to health since a tragic event in May.

A mass-stranding event—also seen in 2001, 2010, 2012, and 2018—occurred in early May of 2022 after hundreds of sick and dying pelicans were seen along Southern California coastlines and inland lakes.