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Avian Flu crosses species, kills Vermont bobcat

A bobcat and two red-tailed hawks were found dead of avian flu in Cornwall. Google Photos images.

A bobcat and two Red-tailed Hawks found dead in Cornwall have tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus infection, according to preliminary lab results shared with the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department on February 15, 2024. 

The department is now awaiting the results of a confirmatory second test, which may take several weeks to receive.

HPAI has been circulating in Vermont since 2022 and has been reported in wild birds including hawks and eagles as well as domestic fowl.  The bobcat that tested positive this month is the first detection of HPAI virus in a mammal from Vermont.  HPAI is uncommon in mammals, however, there have been HPAI detections in mammals in many other states including Connecticut, Maine, and New York.

Although mammals infected with HPAI are always of interest to wildlife officials, the risk to people from HPAI viruses remains low according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

“Our recommendations to Vermonters are the same as they’ve been since HPAI was first detected in our state—mainly, to avoid direct contact with wild birds,” said David Sausville, Wildlife Management Program Manager with the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department.  “Observe wild birds only from a distance and practice good hygiene around domestic fowl.  Practice good biosecurity by keeping domestic fowl and other pets away from areas where wild birds gather, like bird feeding stations or duck ponds.”

Officials will continue to monitor bird and other wildlife deaths that show signs consistent with possible HPAI infection.  More information on best practices around wild birds are available on the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department’s website.  More information for domestic fowl owners is available from the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food, and Markets.

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  1. Are they looking to kill more of our food supply, or has this one just been bioengineered like the others?

    • PCR tests test for genetic markers… end of story.
      Its inventor ‘died’ in Nov/Dec of 2019. He is on record putting his job on the line stating, “PCR tests cannot test for viruses.” They were designed to detect genetic markers… Kerry Mullis was his name. A truth teller who had some dangerous information before teh plandemic…

      I would be asking what kind of spraying have they been doing over Cornwall? (you won’t get any answers unless you are lab testing water and snow and earth samples because there is no oversight).
      And have there been any bursts of radiation from cell towers, or satellites in the past month or two, both known to cause immune deficiencies, cancer, and any number of other issues like cataracts, and disturbing our senses.

      There are no viruses.
      Pasteur lied. Antoine Bauchamp caught him at it. And those factoids are on the record if you do the research. Dr. Robert Young exposed this at the beginning of the plandemic and I interviewed him.

      We ARE being assaulted by massive upsurges in radiation, EMFs, all invisible ways to kill LIFE…along with the pesticides, neurotoxins, and particulates we ingest every day through the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the food we eat.

      Oh…and that mind virus they have programmed us to pay to access our brains… what’s it called again?
      Oh yeah… tell-e-vision/internet…state run and sponsored news and entertainment…that tells us…researching something makes us criminals of the highest sort…

    • Don’t forget what they are spraying in our skies…geo-engineering can and does affect the bees and the birds.

  2. Good old PCR test – probably cycle threshold at 40-45 – Bad science, sadly they were probably poisoned.

  3. I didn’t have Avian flu jumping species on my plandemic bingo card. Oh well, considering the number of labs with freezers full of God knows what and many more being engineered in petri dishes every day – I’m sure they have the cure/kill shot ready for mass innoculation all ready registered, trade marked, locked and loaded. Carry on!

  4. Looks like another reason for the gubment to take control of our food supply and kill more flocks. Mad cow was the same deal.