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Tree-killing beetle still poses major threat, as bird flu takes centre stage
6+ day, 7+ hour ago (868+ words) The shot-hole borer was first detected in WA in 2021. (ABC News: Grace Burmas) With biosecurity resources tied up managing the outbreak of the bird flu, there are concerns attention has been diverted from the destructive shot-hole borer beetle. Farmers and…...
Australia’s Daring Plan to Hand-Vaccinate 5,000 Wild Penguins
2+ week, 5+ day ago (873+ words) The world's smallest penguin is under a big threat. For little penguins, Eudyptula minor, who call Phillip Island off the southeast coast of Australia home, an invasion of highly contagious bird flu is putting their colonies in danger. Australia is…...
Australia vaccinates little penguins against H5N1
2+ week, 6+ day ago (226+ words) On Phillip Island in the Australian state of Victoria, about a thousand little penguins have received the first dose of a vaccine against H5N1 avian influenza. Authorities plan to vaccinate 5,000 birds on Phillip Island and in St Kilda, ABC News Australia…...
'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…...
South Australia is considering vaccinating penguins amid suspicions of H5N1
3+ week, 1+ day ago (239+ words) Authorities in South Australia are considering vaccinating certain bird species, including little penguins, in the wake of a mass bird die-off believed to be linked to the H5N1 virus. Three incidents of mass deaths of crested terns, affecting more than 1,000 birds,…...
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…...
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...
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,…...