Bird Flu: Scientists call for urgent action - London Post

Covering bird flu from an ecological angle

Coverage of bird flu should not be limited only to what’s happening in birds, cows and humans. Reporters can also start looking at local angles on environmental contributors to this current public health issue and to pandemics broadly.  Since 2022, bird flu in the U.S. has infected not only poultry, dairy cattle, cats and wild birds, but also many wild mammals, including skunks, brown bears, mountain lions, rats, foxes and bottlenose dolphins. I…

Bird Flu: Scientists call for urgent action - London Post

A devastating wave of high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI / bird flu) has triggered an unprecedented global wildlife emergency, decimating seabird and waterbird colonies across the UK and beyond. A major new collection of studies, published by the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) in its journal Bird Study, paints a stark picture of the virus’s global rampage and calls for immediate action to prevent further ecological disaster. Over the …