A big cat sanctuary in Washington has temporarily closed after a devastating bird flu outbreak killed most of its animals, some rapidly after they developed pneumonia-like symptoms, the director said.

By Emmett Lindner Twenty big cats, including a half-Bengal tiger and four cougars, died between late November and mid-December at a sanctuary in Washington State after becoming infected with bird ...

new video loaded: Bird Flu Kills 20 Big Cats at Washington Sanctuary Archival footage shows Tabbi, a half-Bengal tiger, and Thumper, a Eurasian lynx, playing at the Wild Felid Advocacy Center of ...

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 ...

Bird flu has taken a terrible toll at the Wild Felid Advocacy Center, a sanctuary for wildcats and their hybrids on Harstine Island, Washington, killing 20 cats—half the animals in its care.

(NewsNation) — An animal sanctuary in Washington state is mourning the loss of half its wild cat population after a bird flu outbreak. The Wild Felid Advocacy Center in Shelton, Washington ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – An animal sanctuary in Washington is under quarantine after 20 big cats died amid a bird flu outbreak, the Wild Felid Advocacy Center announced. The sanctuary ...

Bird flu has killed 20 wild cats after it infected more than half of the animals living at a wild cat sanctuary in Washington state. Bird flu has killed 20 wild cats after it infected more than ...

Someone had opened a can of food. A half-dozen cats responded to what they thought was the call to chow, leaping off the bed and furniture in Purrt No. 3 to investigate. They sniffed at the ...