… hornbill is critically endangered due to an illegal trade in the birds’ casques, which has led to an increase in poaching of wild birds.
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Farmers urged to help songbirds through winter ‘hungry gap’ – News
Farmers are being urged to help farmland birds through the ‘hungry gap’ now … Both wild bird seed mixes and supplementary winter feeding can be …
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Wind turbines are threat to endangered Scots birds of prey | HeraldScotland
She said: “Raptor persecution is a national wildlife crime priority and there are strong penalties in place for offences committed against birds …
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Czech farm to cull 220,000 chickens in country’s largest bird flu outbreak | Reuters
Czech authorities are preparing to destroy up to 220000 hens on a poultry farm in the west of the country after bird flu was discovered there last …
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No increased risk to human health from H5N1 bird flu in poultry
However, there is evidence of direct spill over from birds into some “scavenger” wild species such as foxes and otters.
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Tackling invasive species on land improves sea ecosystem too – The Star
Ecuador has put in place a plan to try and protect its unique wild bird species on those islands. Photo: AFP. Restoring islands devastated by …
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Bizarre Cretaceous bird shows evolutionarily decoupled skull and body – Ecns.cn
Photo released on Jan. 2, 2023 shows a life reconstruction of the 120-million-year-old bird Cratonavis zhui. (Photo provided to China News Service).
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7.7 million birds culled in Japan as bird flu continues to spread – The Japan News
Wild birds and small animals become infected with the virus, and then bring it into poultry farms and elsewhere. Outbreak season in Japan is …
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Potentially lethal virus is infecting Maine’s wild turkeys – Bangor Daily News
In domestic turkey populations, LPDV is transmitted through direct contact between infected birds. It’s not known if that is the case for wild turkey …
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Number of bird flu outbreaks in Japan this season reach record 54
Chiba Prefectural Government officials cull hens infected with bird flu in the city of Asahi, Chiba Prefecture, on Tuesday. | KYODO.
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