US EditionHigh alert as bird flu cases confirmed in Western Cape
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The number of falcons in Iceland has not decreased since measurements began forty-four years ago. If the unprecedented decline does not slow down, the population could disappear in the coming years. Every year for over four decades, Ólafur K. Nielsen, an ornithologist, has led a team from the Icelandic Institute of Natural History to monitor falcons. Their roosts, or nests and immediate surroundings, are usually in cliffs. The falcon often uses …
High alert as bird flu cases confirmed in Western Cape
In a concerning development for Cape Town’s coastline, cases of high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI), commonly known as bird flu, have been confirmed in wild Hartlaub’s Gulls and Great White Pelicans, reports Cape {town} Etc. According to CapeNature, this marks the first detection of the H5N1 strain in wild birds in the Western Cape since April 2024, and the first mass mortalities reported since late 2022. Reports of sick and dead gulls beg…
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