The Department of Natural Resources in Michigan and Illinois both recommended that residents temporarily remove their bird feeders and birdbaths from outside Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE.

Veterinary experts are urging owners of commercial and backyard flocks to take steps to protect their birds as the nation ...

When the H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus was discovered on a poultry farm in Asia in 1996, there was little ...

Before the avian influenza outbreak killed hundreds of thousands of turkeys in Minnesota, one farm suspected the virus and one university lab confirmed the news. Since that first case four weeks ago, ...

Australia's chief vet has upgraded the risk of highly pathogenic avian flu infecting Australian birds to “high”. Most avian veterinary experts say it’s not a case of if but when the HPAI clade hits ...

As bird flu circulates among wild birds in British Columbia, Boundary Bay Veterinary Specialty Hospital in Surrey outlines preventable risks to cats in Surrey and the Lower Mainland, including ...

The unusual request comes as new research shows more people are keeping backyard chickens, both as companion animals and a source of eggs in the face of cost of living pressures. Bird Vet Melbourne, ...