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Environmentalists fear bird flu could devastate Phillip Island little penguin population

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Lily Kristanto, Bec Symons
Environmentalists fear bird flu could devastate Phillip Island little penguin population
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Conservationists are warning that the H5N1 bird flu virus poses a severe threat to the little penguin colony on Phillip Island, Australia. With confirmed cases rising across the state, experts fear high mortality rates if the virus reaches the island's wildlife.

Little penguins on the beach on Phillip Island, Victoria, at night. ( AAP: Phillip Island Nature Parks )

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