"Bird flu has been on the rise in Washington state and one sanctuary was hit hard: 20 big cats – more than half of the facility’s population – died over the course of weeks.
The Wild Felid Advocacy Center of Washington announced the deaths Friday. The nonprofit sanctuary is in Shelton, about 22 miles northwest of Olympia.
The 20 animals that died include: five African Servals, four bobcats, four cougars, two Canada Lynxes, one Amur-Bengal tiger mix and other species of big cats."
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https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/25/us/bird-flu-washington-cats-cases/index.html