World's Biggest Wild Bird Flu Vaccination Drive Signals Growing Global Threat

Australian conservationists have launched an unprecedented campaign to protect over a thousand wild penguins from avian influenza, marking the largest known effort of its kind anywhere in the world. With bird flu continuing to spread across continents, UK pet owners — particularly those keeping poultry or birds — should remain alert to evolving biosecurity advice from DEFRA. The scale of this programme underlines how seriously wildlife authorities worldwide are now treating H5N1 as a threat to animal populations beyond farm settings.

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