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Bird flu fears grow as migrating muttonbirds and endangered shorebirds hit Shoalhaven
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (361+ words) Three cases of dead birds in the Shoalhaven testing positive to H5 bird flu have resulted in people being urged to report any sick or dead birds they find. But that task is about to get a lot more complicated. Short-tailed…...
CONTAINMENT RULES REMAIN IN PLACE FOR MUCH OF SOUTH WEST
6+ day, 7+ hour ago (172+ words) Containment rules relating to H5 Bird Flu remain in place across five south west municipalities. Warrnambool, Moyne, Corangamite, Glenelg and Colac Otway are all included in restrictions for flocks of poultry. The rules mean flocks of more than 50 birds need to…...
Australia’s Daring Plan to Hand-Vaccinate 5,000 Wild Penguins
2+ week, 6+ 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
3+ week, 3+ hour 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
3+ week, 10+ hour 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, 1+ day 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, 2+ 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,…...
World’s largest bird flu vaccination campaign on Phillip Island
3+ week, 3+ 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, 3+ 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, 4+ 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...