Cape Town, South Africa — South Africa has culled about 7.5 million chickens in an effort to contain dozens of outbreaks of two separate strains of avian influenza that threaten to create a shortage ...
Birds of prey and vultures (raptors) play a vital role in ecosystems, both as top predators and key scavengers. However, ...
When conservation efforts bring a species back from the brink of extinction, it is worth celebrating. It is no easy feat to implement policy changes, and it can be challenging to convince those who ...
After a months-long recovery from its worst bird flu outbreak in recent history, South Africa is once again facing a renewed threat. The World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) confirmed that two ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Illustration shows test tubes labelled "Bird Flu" words PARIS (Reuters) -South Africa has reported the highly pathogenic H5N1 ...
A farm manager walks among chickens at a South African chicken farm. Photo by Shiraaz Mohamed/AFP via Getty Images. An outbreak of avian flu – a highly contagious viral infection that affects wild ...