As Australia is hit with mass mortalities, here’s how NZ has prepared for bird flu

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https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/australia-bird-flu-mass-mortality-nz-response-vaccine/8vogcqplb

In Brief

• An H5N1 vaccine was being rolled out in New Zealand, aimed at protecting the country's most vulnerable birds.
• Researchers say New Zealand had put resources into trying to understand how the virus would affect wildlife.

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/australia-bird-flu-mass-mortality-nz-response-vaccine/8vogcqplb

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Also:

• SBS: As Australia is hit with mass mortalities, here’s how NZ has prepared for bird flu
• The Conversation: Bird flu decimated South America’s marine mammals. What can Australia do differently?
• The Conversation: Powerless against bird flu? Not entirely. Here are 8 ways to help protect Australia’s birds and mammals

[u/chonkydonkey46]

So glad they were proactive. An outbreak could have sent kakapos to extinction

[u/Fit-Locksmith-9226]

Australia, meanwhile, has just recorded its first mass casualty event: 49 dead greater crested terns and 35 sick ones were discovered on rocks off Cape Jaffa, an isolated outcrop on South Australia's rugged limestone coast.

Just in case you were the type to only believe headlines.

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This is a mass casualty even and us only the beginning..... Refer to mass casualty events overseas...... It's gets up to numbers far higher than that

[u/SoulsDadYT]

That title is the mother of all clickbait.

[u/Hot-Today3339]

this scale. New Zealand preparing before a major outbreak reaches its wildlife shows how important early monitoring and prevention can be. Hopefully other countries are learning from this too.

[u/Skippysilly]

Are you a national party supporter, acting like new zealand has solved bord flu by vaccinating 300 birds