In response to the rising number of cases of bird flu, the Alaska Raptor Center in Sitka has temporarily suspended its bird rescue and rehabilitation services. The center is still open for visitation.
From the archive: Handler Hannah Blanke holds Zappa while Sheila Swanberg performs an exam. The eagle was treated at the Alaska Raptor Center after running into an electric line of the highly pathogenic avian influenza in early May, furthering the spread of what is now an international bird flu outbreak.
“They’re saying [there’s a] 99% chance that raptors that get it will die,” said Jennifer Cedarleaf, the center’s avian director. “So we’re doing everything we can to protect them.” “Unfortunately, that means that they’re not on display for the public to see,” she said. “But at this point, we’re more concerned about the safety of our birds.”
Cedarleaf said researchers are saying the virus doesn’t like warm weather, and she’s hopeful that cases will die down nationally once the summer hits. But Sitka’s summers aren’t really that warm.
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