Health‘We expected it, but now it’s here’: distress on Australia’s bird flu frontline

Australia is preparing for H5 bird flu to potentially spread through hundreds of species. Residents on South Australia’s Limestone Coast are already witnessing the effects. Only three weeks after H5 bird flu was detected there, encounters with sick or dead birds have become commonplace. Maureen Christie, who lives in Carpenter Rocks, has observed and protected birds in the region for decades. She is now seeing many birds stricken and suffering.

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TThe Guardian★★★☆☆2026-08-06 15:00Original