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. The Wild Felid ...

By Emmett Lindner 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 ...

Three big cats have recovered from the disease ... A big cat sanctuary in Washington has temporarily closed after a devastating bird flu outbreak killed most of its animals, some rapidly after ...

The Wild Felid Advocacy Center sits on a “quiet” 25-acres in Shelton, Washington, housing a variety of big cats from tigers and leopards to cougars and lynx. But in late December 2024 ...

Bird flu ripped through a Washington state wildlife sanctuary, killing 20 big cats, the center said in a Facebook post, calling the deaths a "significant loss." The first cat got sick around ...

Bird flu has ravaged a wildlife sanctuary in Washington state ... had been confirmed among a significant number of their big cats. The sanctuary announced the tragic losses in a Facebook update ...

In early December, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife ... Mathews said. Three big cats have recovered from the ...

(CNN) — 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.