H5/N1 bird flu is here, what does this mean for our wildlife?

RNZ: Our Changing World by RNZ

Sep 14, 202600:29:44Science & Medicine

After years of watching it move closer, the highly pathogenic H5/N1 strain of bird flu has arrived on our shores. It has left a trail of devastation, causing mass mortality events in many birds and mammal species. What d...

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