An animal sanctuary in Shelton, Wash., is under quarantine after a bird flu outbreak killed 20 big cats at the facility over the past month. The Wild Felid Advocacy Center of Washington called the ...

Bird flu has been on the rise in Washington state and one sanctuary was hit hard: 20 big cats – more than half of the facility’s population – died over the course of weeks.

SHELTON, Wash. - A non-profit animal shelter in Shelton, Washington is grappling with a devastating bird flu outbreak that killed 20 of its big cats last week, including a Bengal tiger and other ...

Authorities are investigating how the big cats contracted bird flu, he added. Highly pathogenic strains of H5N1 influenza have been spreading in animals and to a lesser extent in people since 2022.

Meowtel Some infections wreak devastating effects. At least two facilities housing big cats have been impacted by bird flu, resulting in the deaths of 20 big cats at the Wild Felid Advocacy Center ...

Twenty big cats, including a Bengal tiger, several cougars, and a lynx, died after contracting bird flu at an animal sanctuary in Shelton, Washington. The shelter is closed to the public and under ...

Big cats die of bird flu FILE PHOTO: A big cat sanctuary in Washington lost 20 big cats from bird flu. (MIKEKOLESNIKOV/Michael Cola - stock.adobe.com) By Natalie Dreier, Cox Media Group National ...

Twenty big cats, including a half-Bengal tiger and four cougars, died between late November and mid-December at a sanctuary in Washington State after becoming infected with bird flu, according to ...

Big cats die of bird flu FILE PHOTO: A big cat sanctuary in Washington lost 20 big cats from bird flu. (MIKEKOLESNIKOV/Michael Cola - stock.adobe.com) By Natalie Dreier, Cox Media Group National ...

Big cats die of bird flu FILE PHOTO: A big cat sanctuary in Washington lost 20 big cats from bird flu. (MIKEKOLESNIKOV/Michael Cola - stock.adobe.com) By Natalie Dreier, Cox Media Group National ...

Archival footage shows Tabbi, a half-Bengal tiger, and Thumper, a Eurasian lynx, playing at the Wild Felid Advocacy Center of Washington. They were among 20 big cats that died from bird flu at the ...