Bird Flu Reaches Australia's ‘Little Penguins’ | Chris Mitchell

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“Bird flu has never been here before…there are animals here in Australia that are unique to the world and there is no way that they've been exposed to this virus at all.” The arrival of deadly “H5N1” bird flu in Australia and the death of a native “little penguin” on Phillip Island, has triggered emergency mass vaccinations to protect vulnerable wildlife, says journalist Chris Mitchell. Chris Mitchell was speaking to Nick Wallis in for Ayesha Hazarika on Times Radio Drive on Times Radio. Listen live every Saturday, 4–7pm. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Listen live to Times Radio: https://www.thetimes.com/radio/live Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesonlinevideo Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetimes/

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