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Bird flu wipes out over 95% of southern elephant seal pups in 'catastrophic' mass deathOver 17,000 southern elephant seal pups were found dead on Argentina's Valdés Peninsula in a horrific mass die off attributed to the deadly H5N1 avian influenza virus.
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'This is unlikely to be an isolated event': 1st polar bear death from bird flu spells trouble for speciesBird flu could be another blow for polar bear populations that are already at risk from climate change.
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1st-known 'highly pathogenic' bird flu cases in Antarctic could threaten penguinsThe British Antarctic Survey detected cases of highly pathogenic bird flu in seabirds on Bird Island, located in the Antarctic region in the South Atlantic.
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Mystery mass death of seals on remote, uninhabited Siberian island under investigationCarcasses of seals, sea lions and birds were found on Tyuleniy Island in the Sea of Okhotsk by environmental groups who were there to clear up plastic pollution.
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Highly pathogenic bird flu behind 'unusual deaths in cats' in Poland, WHO saysA bird flu subtype called H5N1 has infected and killed dozens of cats in Poland.
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Ultra-rare, deep-diving whale dies on New England beach with possible case of bird fluA necropsy revealed that the animal may have been infected with avian influenza, which would be "a big deal" if it is confirmed by further testing, scientists say.
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China reported 1st human death from H3N8 bird flu, WHO saysA woman in China was the first person to die of the bird flu subtype H3N8.
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Having trouble finding a 20-pound turkey? Blame bird flu.A highly pathogenic strain of bird flu has limited the nation's supply of large turkeys ahead of Thanksgiving.
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H5N1 bird flu strain strikes 1st person in USThe strain has infected millions of birds worldwide.
