Officials at Lincoln Park Zoo confirmed Wednesday that a harbor seal and a Chilean flamingo each died of highly pathogenic ...
After two animals died of bird flu in Chicago, the Lincoln Park Zoo’s bird house will be closed for the near future.
Testing has confirmed that HPAI was the cause of death for Teal, a Chilean flamingo chick, on Jan. 8; and Slater, a harbor ...
Lincoln Park Zoo said the specific source of the exposure of the animals to bird flu, or H5N1 virus, is not known.
Their deaths came within a day of each other, the Chicago zoo said in a Jan. 15 news release. Teal, a months-old Chilean ...
The Chilean flamingo, named Teal, hatched last fall and died Jan. 8. The 7-year-old harbor seal, named Slater, died the next ...
Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo announced the death of a Harbor Seal and a Chilean Flamingo as a result of the Avian Influenza, a highly pathogenic disease in free-ranging waterfowls.
Zoo visitors are not considered at risk of catching bird flu. “Because highly pathogenic avian influenza is spread by free-ranging birds, it is no riskier to visit Lincoln Park Zoo than to enjoy ...
A Chilean flamingo and a harbor seal at Lincoln Park Zoo have died from avian influenza, or bird flu, zoo officials confirmed ...
Two animal deaths at Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago have been traced to an outbreak of avian influenza, or bird flu, according to a statement from zoo officials on Wednesday. It also announced that ...
The flamingo died January 8 and the seal died January 9, the Lincoln Park Zoo said. The cause of death for both animals has been confirmed as highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI ...