Hundreds of birds dead or dying of avian flu land on Cape Breton shores

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The birds, mostly northern gannets, come from a Magdalen Islands colony that is widely infected with H5N1

CBC News·Posted: Jun 06, 2022 5:21 PM AT | Last Updated: 11 hours ago

More than 300 northern gannets infected with H5N1 — known as avian influenza or bird flu — have been found dead or dying along Nova Scotia’s Cape Breton shoreline.(Jacques Boissinot/The Canadian Press)

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Ocean-going birds infected with avian influenza are washing up dead on Nova Scotia shores and provincial officials are worried the highly contagious disease will now spread among local bird populations.

Thousands of northern gannets from a colony in the Magdalen Islands have diedof the flu over the last couple of weeks and Quebec’s Wildlife Ministry says hundreds of them are confirmed cases of H5N1 —known as avian flu.

Elizabeth Walsh, a biologist with Nova Scotia’s Department…

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