The Age · Politics / Federal

Wildlife carnage from devastating bird flu virtually inevitable

· By Mike Foley
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Australia’s first case of the highly infectious H5 bird flu has been confirmed and experts and officials state outbreaks of the virus in wild populations are almost inevitable and native birds and mammals could be pushed to the brink of extinction, or beyond.

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