Bird flu threatens home of wandering albatrosses

The wandering albatross – which is also found in New Zealand – has the largest wing-span of any bird. (Image: J.J. Harrison / Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0)

Bloomberg

Sun, 17 Nov 2024

By Antony Sguazzin,with assistance from Agnieszka de SousaAn island halfway between South Africa and Antarctica, where half of the world’s wandering albatrosses breed, is under threat from a fast-spreading strain of bird flu.High pathogenicity avian influenza, or HPAI, is suspected to have reached Marion Island, one of two sub-Antarctic Islands, controlled by South Africa, the country’s environment department said. It’s possibly causing the death of birds from at least three species on the island – brown skuas, wand...

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