Bird Flu is Sweeping Through Zoos
One regrettable thing about naming diseases after animals is that it creates the impression - usually false - that the disease only impacts the animals for which it is named. This is certainly the case for HPAI - Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, or "bird flu." Its impacts on birds can be severe, varying based on the species. It's impact on other animals can be worse. A wild felid sanctuary in Washington State reported the deaths of twenty animals from the disease, resulting in the facility being quarantined.
And yes, this disease is transmissible to humans.
Anyway, Happy Holidays.
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