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California wildfire officials confirm bird flu in dead bobcat – ABC10
An adult bobcat died from a Eurasian strain of bird flu, (HPAI) H5N1, California wildlife officials said Wednesday.
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Genetic Contamination: Domesticated Chicken DNA Is Tainting Genomes of Wild Red Junglefowl
Estimates indicate that wild birds inherited 20% to 50% of their genomes from chickens. According to a new study published in the journal PLOS …
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Man killed by aggressive pet rooster as daughter shares horror of ‘malicious’ attack
Experienced bird handler Jasper Kraus was killed in the savage attack from the rooster, losing litres of blood, with his grief-stricken daughter …
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Highly pathogenic avian influenza spikes in US flocks, detected in mammals
The 2022–23 outbreak of HPAI may prove to be the worst on record, affecting wild and domestic birds, mammals, and potentially humans.
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Bird flu spreads to new countries, threatens non-stop ‘war’ on poultry – Reuters
CHICAGO, Feb 15 (Reuters) – Avian flu has reached new corners of the globe and become endemic for the first time in some wild birds that transmit …
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At 25, Backyard Bird Count shows power of citizen science – Middletown Press
One-year-old Cooper is up for adoption from Middletown-based Cat Tales · Pet of the week: Cooper · Petunia, a pretty white calico, and Duke, a …
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Eagles Are Falling, Bears Are Going Blind – The Atlantic
Months later, the bird-flu outbreak continues to rage. An estimated 58.4 million domestic birds have died in the United States alone.
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Mass death of sea lions from bird flu suggests virus may be spreading between mammals in the wild
“It wouldn’t be strange if a few of them had eaten infected birds, but all of them?” says Lambertucci, who is a researcher at the Biodiversity and …
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Cockatoos and macaws that outlive owners given new homes at Victor Harbor wildlife park
It isn’t unusual or even surprising given the birds can live into their 70s and 80s and sometimes beyond, which means most macaws kept as pets in …
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