France has confirmed outbreaks of bird flu on two poultry farms, two weeks after being officially declared free of the virus, which has been spreading in Europe this autumn and winter. Issued on ...

A backyard flock of birds in Vermont tested positive for bird flu last week, state officials announced Thursday. The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets said the flock of 24 birds ...

France had recorded 12 farm outbreaks of the disease, commonly called bird flu, since early August, as well as three cases among backyard poultry, the ministry said in a statement late on Wednesday.

A Red Kite was found with serious injuries in Mayobridge, Co Down, on 20 April, after being shot. The bird of prey, afforded special protection under Schedule 1 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act ...

Several dead birds of prey have been found dumped in a ditch, prompting a police investigation. Three barn owls, a tawny owl and a red kite, all of which have special legal protection, were found ...

British-born red kites are being flown abroad in a mission to help rescue the dwindling Spanish population. The birds of prey are threatened in parts of Spain by factors including poisoning and a ...