The McCormick Bird House would be closed "until further notice," the zoo said. Two animal deaths at Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago have been traced to an outbreak of avian influenza, or bird flu ...
CHICAGO (WGN) — A harbor seal and a Chilean flamingo at Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo died from avian influenza last week, zoo ...
Their deaths came within a day of each other, the Chicago zoo said in a Jan. 15 news release. Teal, a months-old Chilean ...
The Chilean flamingo, named Teal, hatched last fall and died Jan. 8. The 7-year-old harbor seal, named Slater, died the next day. Zoo officials say it was “near certain” that the disease derived from ...
Birds like the Houston Zoo's Chilean flamingos are native to the Andes Mountain, where temperatures can be both extremely hot and cold. The zoo's flock kept comfortable by staying together in ...
Two animal deaths at Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago have been traced to an outbreak of avian influenza, or bird flu, according ...
The flamingo was named Teal, and the harbor seal was named Slater. Unfortunately, Slater and Teal became the first Lincoln Park Zoo animals ever to contract bird flu.