Headless Walruses Alarm Alaska Officials

August 16, 2007 By MARY PEMBERTON, Associated Press Writer Headless Walruses Alarm Alaska Officials (AP)

A dead walrus without its ivory tusks lay washed up on a beach of Norton sound off the coast of Nome, Alaska on Wednesday Aug. 15, 2007. The larger than normal number of walrus carcasses washing up on the beaches of Norton Sound has prompted an investigation by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. (AP Photo/Diana Haecker)

(AP) -- An unusually high number of walrus carcasses missing their heads and ivory tusks have washed up on beaches this summer, alarming wildlife officials.



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