Kansas City Birds have been getting sick and dying in the Kansas City metro due to a rapidly-spreading strain of avian influenza, according to biologists and veterinarians. The highly pathogenic Eurasian H5N1 strain of bird flu began causing problems for North American poultry and wild birds in February 2022. The outbreak continues to have an impact on local animals, particularly water fowl, according to experts. Operation Wildlife, a wildlife vet and rehabilitation clinic based in Linwood, Kansas, has responded to a surge of calls for birds showing symptoms, a spokesperson for the organization said. “We saw an uptick of (bird flu) in our area when we got that snow storm,” said Diane Johnson, executive director of Operation Wildlife. “We are fielding 15 plus calls per day with birds showing symptoms.”
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