Avian Flu in Lower 48 Prompts Reminder for Alaska Subsistence Waterfowl Hunters to Clean Up After Handling Birds
(Statewide) — Alaska’s subsistence waterfowl hunting seasons opened on April 2 and with spring migration under way hunters are reminded to practice routine hygiene when handling, cleaning and cooking the ducks, geese and other migratory birds they harvest. Two strains of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), or “bird flu,” were found in wild birds late […]