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'A real mess': wildlife volunteers call for support to help equip them for H5 bird flu battleground
1+ week, 5+ day ago (494+ words) Port Stephens-based Wildlife in Need of Care receives about 50 requests a week to help sick and injured animals. With the support of other groups and agencies, the group's 61 volunteer carers do their best to respond to each request for assistance....
'Penguin parade' undergoes vaccinations for bird flu
2+ week, 6+ day ago (336+ words) The nightly parade of penguins on Phillip Island is a tourist favourite, but has recently taken on a more serious tone. As the little penguins toddled up the Victorian beach on Sunday night, many were corralled into pens to receive…...
Australia races to shield little penguins from H5N1 bird flu
3+ week, 12+ hour ago (294+ words) It is the world's biggest single colony of little penguins, which have a life span of about six years with habitats in southern Australia -- mostly Tasmania -- and New Zealand. Also known as fairy penguins, they are the tiniest species of…...
Learn More About Keeping Backyard Birds Safe
3+ week, 1+ day ago (288+ words) South Australians with pet birds or backyard poultry can join an information session and hear directly from leading experts about SA's H5 bird flu response. The online forum will provide an opportunity for owners to learn more about how to protect…...
World’s largest bird flu vaccination campaign on Phillip Island
3+ week, 2+ day ago (531+ words) THE historic wildlife rescue operation now underway to protect Phillip Island's Little Penguins from a devastating strain of avian influenza is the largest wild bird vaccination effort ever attempted worldwide. THE historic wildlife rescue operation now underway on Phillip Island…...
Australia races to shield penguins from avian flu
3+ week, 2+ day ago (486+ words) Australian wildlife workers have launched an unprecedented effort to vaccinate wild populations of little penguins against the highly contagious H5N1 avian influenza. Hundreds of thousands of tourists a year flock to viewing areas and boardwalks to watch the diminutive sea birds…...
Mass vaccination of little penguins begins
3+ week, 3+ day ago (62+ words) After the H5N1 virus, aka bird flu, was found in Australia, a mass vaccination program has started for the Phillip Island and St Kilda little penguins. Updated August 20, 2026 — 12:19pm,first published 12:13pm...
SA bird owners urged to act as experts host special bird flu webinar
3+ week, 3+ day ago (496+ words) Bird owners across South Australia are being invited to hear directly from experts as authorities step up advice around H5 bird flu and how to reduce the risk at home. South Australians with backyard chooks, budgies and other pet birds are…...
Experts set out to catch 5,000 of the world's smallest penguins to vaccinate them against bird flu
3+ week, 3+ day ago (669+ words) A major push is underway to catch and vaccinate more than 5,000 little penguins in Victoria to protect them against the virulent H5N1 bird flu. Victorian wildlife officers will carry out vaccinations at little penguin colonies at Phillip Island and St Kilda,…...
Australia launches program to vaccinate colonies of little penguins against avian influenza
3+ week, 3+ day ago (240+ words) Montevideo, August 19th 2026 - 08:51 UTC According to ABC News Australia wildlife conservation agencies in the state of Victoria have launched a program to vaccinate little penguins against the H5 strain of avian influenza. Over the next few weeks, experts plan to capture and…...