The Wild Felid Advocacy Center near Shelton is suffering the devastating loss of 20 wild cats after bird flu swept through the big cat sanctuary. The first deaths came in November, but bird flu ...
A Washington state wildlife sanctuary is mourning the deaths of 20 wildcats amid a bird flu outbreak as the virus infects poultry farms, dairy cattle and some people across the nation. The Wild ...
The Wild Felid Advocacy Center near Shelton ... University determined that the cats had contracted bird flu. Mark Mathews founded the sanctuary in 2006 and he and his wife live on the property.
"Maybe only at a facility that had cats near each other ... said Jolie Connolly-Poe with the sanctuary. The viral infection carried by wild birds can spread through respiratory secretions and ...
By Emmett Lindner Twenty big cats, including a half-Bengal tiger and four cougars, died between late November and mid-December at a sanctuary in Washington State after becoming infected with bird ...
The Wild Felid Advocacy Center near Shelton, Washington said the first animals died last month but ... 17, the Washington State University determined that the cats had contracted bird flu. Mark ...