Australia Vaccinates Wild Penguins

Phillip IslandThousands of little penguins will get bird-flu shots.

The campaign preserves breeding adults so H5N1 can’t wipe out whole colonies.

Little penguins are flightless and return nightly to the same burrow, making repeat capture possible.

H5N1 reached Australia in June, the last major region the virus had spared.

Sources: Global Voices