![]() ![]() ![]() The advocates, which include the Center for Biological Diversity, warned in a letter that the flu strain is “jeopardizing the existence” of the famed bird. More than two dozen environmental advocates this week urged the federal government to expedite approvals for a vaccine that would be given to both condors in the wild and in captivity. Bird flu is further suspected in the deaths of dozens of seals off the coast of Maine last summer.Īlready, the strain is believed to have caused the deaths of at least 22 California condors in Arizona, which were part of a flock in the Southwest that typically accounts for a third of the species’ entire wild population.Įxperts are now concerned the strain could further impact condors by rapidly spreading across state lines through the spring migration. have died from avian flu, including more than 430 bald eagles and some 58 million turkeys and commercial chickens that were euthanized to prevent the spread of the disease. Over the past year and a half, millions of birds across the U.S. ![]()
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