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Avian Flu Outbreaks in Marine Mammals Mark New Era for Deadly Virus

Avian Flu Outbreaks in Marine Mammals Mark New Era for Deadly Virus

May 10, 2023May 6, 2023 Supertrooper Leave a comment

Last June, the phones at Marine Mammals of Maine began ringing — a lot. People walking the craggy shoreline of Casco Bay, which stretches north and south of Portland, were reporting sick or dead seals. Late spring and early summer, as pups begin to set off on their own, are usually the rescue and rehabilitation […]

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Over 40 Vultures Mysteriously Found Dead Around Water Tower in North Carolina

Over 40 Vultures Mysteriously Found Dead Around Water Tower in North Carolina

January 20, 2023January 19, 2023 Supertrooper Leave a comment

Wildlife experts are working to solve a mystery after over 40 vultures were found dead surrounding a water tower in Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina.  40-50 vultures were piled in a 100-yard radius around a water tower in North Carolina. American Wildlife Refuge worker Paul MacKinnon said that he believes the birds appear to have been […]

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Internet Rallies for TikTok’s Emmanuel the Emu After He’s Struck by Avian Flu

Internet Rallies for TikTok’s Emmanuel the Emu After He’s Struck by Avian Flu

October 27, 2022October 23, 2022 Supertrooper 4 Comments

If you were on Twitter over the weekend, you’re aware messages of support were pouring in for Emmanuel Todd Lopez, the usually plucky Emu. A popular presence on TikTok, Emmanuel was reportedly struck by the avian flu shortly after Hurricane Ian slammed into Florida’s Gulf coast. According to his caretaker, 50 birds at the farm […]

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Birdwatch: colonies hit by avian flu on Farne Islands sound warning

Birdwatch: colonies hit by avian flu on Farne Islands sound warning

August 18, 2022August 13, 2022 Supertrooper 2 Comments

Britain’s seabird colonies are, in the words of the veteran conservationist Roy Dennis, “our Serengeti”. Few other places on the planet make such an assault on the senses: the sight, sound and smell of tens of thousands of birds, gathered together each summer to breed. Of all our seabird sites, none is more special than […]

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Calls to ban gamebird release to avoid ‘catastrophic’ avian flu outbreak

Calls to ban gamebird release to avoid ‘catastrophic’ avian flu outbreak

August 16, 2022August 13, 2022 Supertrooper Leave a comment

Conservationists have called for ministers to ban the release of millions of gamebirds to prevent the UK’s wild birds being wiped out by a “catastrophic” avian flu epidemic this winter. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) said there was a significant risk that pheasants, partridge and ducks released for shooting from 1 […]

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The highly infectious avian flu is killing raptors, ducks, geese, seabirds and even foxes

The highly infectious avian flu is killing raptors, ducks, geese, seabirds and even foxes

June 10, 2022June 10, 2022 Supertrooper 2 Comments

Peter Stronach, an ecologist and wildlife photographer, couldn’t believe what he was witnessing as he went along the coastline of a Highland lake on a beautiful May evening. Male eider ducks, numerous species of gulls, a gannet, a puffin, and no fewer than 26 pink-footed geese, all of which should have been on their way […]

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Hundreds of malnourished Cape fur seals wash up dead on South Africa’s shores

Hundreds of malnourished Cape fur seals wash up dead on South Africa’s shores

November 2, 2021November 1, 2021 Supertrooper Leave a comment

Seal mortalities are not uncommon at this time of the year, but the rapid increase in numbers has alarmed the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment. Marine scientists are trying to find out why hundreds of malnourished and dead Cape fur seals have washed up on to the West Coast of South Africa. The […]

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Bird flu fears grow after spate of mysterious UK swan deaths

Bird flu fears grow after spate of mysterious UK swan deaths

December 12, 2020December 8, 2020 Supertrooper Leave a comment

A spate of baffling swan deaths is strongly suspected to be caused by a virulent new strain of avian flu sweeping across Britain. Dying swans were found spinning in circles and discharging blood from their nostrils on Ulverston canal, Cumbria. Swan rescuers have taken in more than 25 dying birds in Worcestershire and nine swans […]

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