After two animals died of bird flu in Chicago, the Lincoln Park Zoo’s bird house will be closed for the near future.
The sources of exposure are unclear, but officials said it was almost certainly from contact with an infected waterfowl.
Officials at Lincoln Park Zoo confirmed Wednesday that a harbor seal and a Chilean flamingo each died of highly pathogenic ...
an educational institution that’s home to all sorts of taxidermied Chilean wildlife. But of course, no nature lover’s itinerary is complete without taking a day trip out to Isla Magdalena ...
The Chilean flamingo, named Teal, hatched last fall and died Jan. 8. The 7-year-old harbor seal, named Slater, died the next ...
A Chilean flamingo died Jan. 8 and a harbor seal died Jan. 9, with testing confirming highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI ...
Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo announced the death of a Harbor Seal and a Chilean Flamingo as a result of the Avian Influenza, a highly pathogenic disease in free-ranging waterfowls.
Lincoln Park Zoo said the specific source of the exposure of the animals to bird flu, or H5N1 virus, is not known.