Bird flu roars through sanctuary in Washington, kills 20 wild cats: ‘We are heartbroken’
The Wild Felid Advocacy Center of Washington is under quarantine amid a devastating bird flu outbreak that has killed 20 big cats.
Deadly Bird Flu Devastates Big Cat Sanctuary
A big cat sanctuary in Washington has suffered "significant losses" among the animals in its care after what it said was an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI)—also known as bird flu. Newsweek contacted the Wild Felid Advocacy Center of Washington for further comment outside of standard working hours.
Wildlife sanctuary in quarantine after bird flu kills 20 big cats
A wildlife sanctuary in Washington state is under quarantine after 20 big cats died due to H5N1 bird flu infections.
20 'big cats' die of bird flu in animal sanctuary at Washington Wildlife Center
The first big cat got sick around Thanksgiving, the sanctuary said and by early December, the state had confirmed cases of bird flu in their cats, with a big Facebook post announcing multiple big cat
Bird flu kills 20 big cats at animal sanctuary
In all 20 cats died, more than half of the sanctuary’s big cats. Melinda Mathews told KIRO the first cat, Hannah Wyoming, a cougar, got sick in mid-November. Vets originally it was cancer. An African Caracal named Crackle then got sick.
Washington sanctuary loses half of wild cats to bird flu
The Wild Felid Advocacy Center in Shelton, Washington, about 80 miles west of Seattle, cares for displaced wild felines, such as cougars, bobcats, servals, tigers, lynxes and more. The nonprofit lost 20 cats since November. Animal health officials confirmed the cause was avian influenza, according to their Facebook.
Washington sanctuary loses 20 big cats to bird flu
Dec. 26 (UPI) -- The Wild Felid Advocacy Center of Washington lost 20 of its big cats to bird flu, the sanctuary announced. The outbreak took the lives of one Amur/Bengal tiger, four cougars, one African caracal, two Canada lynx, one Geoffroy cat, one Bengal, one Eurasian lynx, four bobcats and five African servals, officials said.
Animal sanctuary says 20 large cats are dead from avian flu outbreak
The director of the Wild Felid Advocacy Center in Shelton said they went from having 37 cats to now just having 17. Some cats who survived are still recovering.
Bird flu has killed 20 big cats including cougars at a U.S. wildlife sanctuary
The sanctuary in Washington state said it was working with officials to determine the cause of the outbreak, which has killed over half of its cats in recent weeks.
20 wild cats succumb to bird flu at Shelton sanctuary
A Shelton wild cat sanctuary is mourning the loss of more than a dozen animals as bird flu spreads through the country.
Mystery over how bird flu that killed half the big cats in sanctuary spread in cat sanctuary
The Wild Felid Advocacy Center of Washington announced the deaths of 20 big cats – more than half of the facility’s population – due to Bird Flu. CNN’s Randi Kaye reports.
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Bird flu kills 20 big cats at Shelton sanctuary, devastating conservation efforts
The Wild Felid Advocacy Center announced more than half of its big cats as of December have been infected with bird flu. "It’s been one big nightmare. I never thought something like this would ...
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Washington animal sanctuary says 20 large cats are dead from avian flu
“We’ve lost 20 cats due to this virus, or symptoms of this bird flu virus,” said Mark Mathews, the director of the Wild ...