Two Canada geese in Woodstock have tested positive for avian influenza. The city is now asking people to avoid contact with ...

Since late 2021, a panzootic, or "a pandemic in animals," of highly pathogenic bird flu variant H5N1 has devastated wild birds, agriculture, and mammals. Unlike previous outbreaks, aggressive culling ...

A Canadian teenager has been hospitalized with bird flu, the first human case of H5N1 in the current outbreak detected in the country. A teenager in British Columbia has been hospitalized with a ...

A Canadian teen is hospitalized in critical condition with what is believed to be bird flu, a British Columbia health official said Tuesday. It's not clear how the teenager picked up the virus, which ...

By Sybille de La Hamaide PARIS (Reuters) -An unusually early outbreak of bird flu cases affecting high numbers of wild birds ...

The CFIA “confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI)”, subtype H5N1, at a commercial poultry farm in ...

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Trading turkeys – for wildlife management, not dinner – was a key part of one of North America’s biggest conservation success ...

NECESSARY. USDA’S ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE SPECIALIZES IN ELIMINATING AND REMOVING SICK OR DEAD WILD BIRDS. THEIR STAFF ARE TRAINED TO HANDLE THE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH REMOVAL. JOSH ...