HPAI is a highly contagious virus that can spread from flock to flock through equipment, wild birds, contact with infected ...

After two animals died of bird flu in Chicago, the Lincoln Park Zoo’s bird house will be closed for the near future.

The Chilean flamingo, named Teal, hatched last fall and died Jan. 8. The 7-year-old harbor seal, named Slater, died the next ...

Officials at Lincoln Park Zoo confirmed Wednesday that a harbor seal and a Chilean flamingo each died of highly pathogenic ...

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.

A local felid sanctuary is mourning the loss of another wild cat after more than a dozen animals at the shelter died from ...

Lincoln Park Zoo said the specific source of the exposure of the animals to bird flu, or H5N1 virus, is not known.

The zoo also emphasized the need to avoid bird flu by refraining from handling wildlife, and by protecting pets by keeping cats indoors and dogs leashed and away from wildlife.

The Avian Influenza has claimed the lives of a Harbor Seal and a Chilean Flamingo at Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo. The zoo announced ... by keeping cats indoors and dogs on a leash away from wildlife." ...

"Additionally, keep your pets safe by keeping cats indoors and dogs on [a] leash away ... contracting HPAI from Lincoln Park Zoo animals." MORE: Could bird flu strain the US public health system ...

A Chilean flamingo and a harbor seal at Lincoln Park Zoo have died from avian influenza, or bird flu, zoo officials confirmed on Wednesday.