Twenty big cats, including a half-Bengal tiger and four cougars, died at a sanctuary in Washington State after becoming infected with bird flu, according to the facility’s director. “We’ve never had anything like it.”
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Pet cats have already died of H5N1. From drinking raw milk from infected cows, and commercial frozen raw cat food, containing poultry.
H5N1 carries a high mortality for cats.
The thing is.....
If you do get a plague of bird flu then
#Trump will poor bleach on you.
#RFK will deny you a #vaccine
And
#Musk will spend a moth asking #Grok what to do.....
there's strong cases on multiple fronts actually. rehabilitation, animals safety, rescues. i'll listen to arguments for the last, but the first two are morally sound.
Funding for things like conservation efforts, breeding and maintaining, etc. If we lived in a perfect world, we wouldn't need em, but I'd rather have them in zoos than in forests that are being cut down or hunted down by poachers. Word of advice, don't live in the world that should be.
My premise is correct and the only refutation I have are screeching anger and an appeal to veterinary services or animals who can no longer live in the wild. Wonder why that happened lol
So sad…I hope the animals can get some help with a shot or something to not make it deadly soon. The United States houses some big sanctuaries. I’m worried for humans too.
COVID killed and injured a lot of dogs and cats lol. If your dog never hiccuped before and now hiccups a lot they probably have Long covid. But Bird flu is already killing every cat that catches it
Promoting drinking raw milk and no vaccines are just the beginning. We are so F’d. The pain and suffering will be great. Those who voted for the orange moron will “find out”.
I live about three miles from the Felid Center, have visited there many times. I also volunteer at a refuge for domestic cats that is on the same grounds. I grieve for the cats that died and for the staff of the Center and I am worried about the cats I care for.
Don’t worry everyone “Polio Bob” is gonna get his top people on it.
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2) Cheryl Hines nephew
3) a Shaman he met in 72
4) a heroin aficionado he knew at Harvard and spent time with
5) a yoga instructor he’s probably sexting
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Absolutely fucking horrendous. If you cannot care for the animals you want to torture and imprison........then stop imprisoning and torturing animals. Fuck all this shit. Fuck imprisoned animals. Sickening.
These are animals that should never have been permitted to be bought by individuals. They’re usually given up when their owners can’t afford to take care of them or the animal becomes aggressive. The sanctuaries take these animals and treat them well, usually on open land.
You’re attacking people who don’t deserve it here. Learn about what sanctuaries actually do. No one knows how to deal with Avian flu yet. Your anger is misdirected.
These sanctuaries take in animals that had previously been held as pets or in private circuses. They are doing the best to save big cats from the situations you describe. https://wildfelids.org/about-us.html
Meat processors need to start testing meats before they enter the commercial market, because that's likely how this happened - contaminated food. HPAI contaminated commercial pet food is killing indoor pet cats in multiple states along the West Coast.
I'm taking the precaution of eliminating beef, pork, all poultry, and raw eggs from the diet of my sanctuary mink. Wild birds do not have access to their enclosures, they are fully covered. Meat contamination and wild bird droppings are the most likely spreaders.
The meat processors should be the ones testing to ensure they are not selling infected food to sanctuaries, shelters, and general public pet owners, as is currently happening.
Tragic..viruses are brilliant in mutation survival. I know..the future..cough cough gag.."President" and sycophants he has appointed..the ones involved in "health"? Are dangerous as no clue.
Another pandemic just in time for the most foul incompetent asshole we’ve ever had as a president and one that you helped put him there and cover for him for 10 years
If this turns into anything even close to Covid then the US is royally fvcked this time with all the MAGA anti-vax crap and not to forget Mr Brainworm Kennedy in charge of health ... 🙄🤦🏼♀️💉
Remember when evangelicals thought Florida was getting hit with hurricanes as God's punishment for the existence of gay people? What does it say that every time He Who Will Not Be Named takes office, the USA gets hit with a deadly pandemic?
I'm pretty sure that the rescued, non-releasable animals who live in sanctuaries in a stress free environment with access to species appropriate food, enrichment, and vet care would much rather be alive... than murdered because some human is all up in their feelings about it.
I do, actually. As much as any human can ever really understand how an animal feels. I work hands on every single day with non-releasable mink that require permanent captive placement, with the only other alternative being euthanasia. I monitor their behavior and stress levels and provide top care.
More cross-species impacts increase the likelihood of animal/bird-to-human infections, raising the fears of infectious disease experts of future pandemics. @npdc-prepthekids.bsky.social will monitor the threat of future human-to-human transmission #H5N1 https://youtu.be/xjcsrU-ZmgY?si=qBVf_hMa8UMD70sp
No! Remember COVID, even those MAGAs are dying from it they refuse everything to stop or mitigate the problem from as simple as wearing a face mask to vaccines.
You would think, but veterinarians are actually seeing more vaccine hesitancy from pet owners. They worry a rabies vaccination is going to turn their dog autistic.
Alternate non-paywalled version of this article that anyone can read. We have a lot of house pet and feral cats in America. This is all bad. Damn if America isn’t the “we will not learn a lesson country”. #BlackSky
Our intelligent, professional minds need to get to work and protect American people-all people, not an economic strand of one people. Put restrictions and protect the public, not a small group of money makers.
I remember we had some form of bird flu back in my country, a lot of animals died. A lots of birds just fell off the trees and die, chickens, dogs, people pets dead everywhere, and people were very sick but don't remember any deaths.
If it mutates to become airborne, we're in for a rough road and we already know Trump had no idea how to manage a pandemic. I bought a new box of N95s, just in case.
Would be interested to understand the area size of the sanctuary & how close were the animals to each other + the protocols for food and water hygiene.
My thinking is something like were the animals kept in either half tennis court pens or something much larger - say a football field
How terrible. I had previously read that animal disease experts have been very worried about the susceptibility of cats to bird flu, very sorry that seems to have panned out here.
Zoos and sanctuaries are extremely vulnerable to bird flu. It's really concerning for zoos' captive breeding programs for threatened and endangered species - H5N1 could wipe them out.
I live just outside Shelton. And WTF is a big cat shelter doing in this redneck county? I wouldn’t trust half these idiots with a chicken. From Safeway
Just in time for RFK Jr. to ban vaccines for public employees.
Remember the MAGAs dying from Covid and refusing to believe they had It? They'll be far less sympathy this time.
Wild birds via droppings, but there is also a possibility of contaminated food. Commercial frozen raw cat food has officially been linked to pet cat deaths along the West Coast, and it's entirely possible a similar situation happened at this sanctuary.
They might not like the new diet at first, good for you for trying to protect them. Now just try explaining it to them. My cats went on a food strike when I tried to gradually switch them to a senior friendly diet. They actually ate around the new stuff when I tried to blend it in.
Yes. Indoor cats in Oregon and in Iowa have died of H5N1 which they acquired from eating commercial frozen raw cat food which included poultry. California cats have died from eating raw milk which had been recalled due to H5N1.
If you feed your pets raw diet, maybe don’t, for a while.
Soooo Sad! Ya can’t keep wild birds from getting in, Nor protect animals from their Human caretakers…A Captive Animal is at risk even more so than if they were living free! 😖
Get a grip, protect those creatures you are responsible for. Means oc they must be kept indoors temporarily. Can't keep the wild cat/ carnivore safe, can keep those you supposedly care for.
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H5N1 carries a high mortality for cats.
If you do get a plague of bird flu then
#Trump will poor bleach on you.
#RFK will deny you a #vaccine
And
#Musk will spend a moth asking #Grok what to do.....
Vaccine denial is strong in pet owners too, including standard rabies & distemper vaccines.
All kitties go to heaven.
1) someone he goes falconing with
2) Cheryl Hines nephew
3) a Shaman he met in 72
4) a heroin aficionado he knew at Harvard and spent time with
5) a yoga instructor he’s probably sexting
Good luck in the Kakistocracy everyone
Shelton is not far away from here at all.
https://wildfelids.org/about-us.html
How do I know this?
I watched you fucking do it
If this turns into anything even close to Covid then the US is royally fvcked this time with all the MAGA anti-vax crap and not to forget Mr Brainworm Kennedy in charge of health ... 🙄🤦🏼♀️💉
https://archive.ph/2024.12.24-233204/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/24/us/big-cat-bird-flu-deaths-washington.html
My thinking is something like were the animals kept in either half tennis court pens or something much larger - say a football field
Frozen commercial raw cat food (turkey protein) has been found to be contaminated with H5N1 and is killing indoor pet cats in the West Coast region.
Remember the MAGAs dying from Covid and refusing to believe they had It? They'll be far less sympathy this time.
Better than some egghead with experience in epidemiology and infectious disease mitigation.
We'll be doing rabbit, beaver, muskrat, mice, rats + a supplemental kibble.
If you feed your pets raw diet, maybe don’t, for a while.
Hope this isn't a preview of what's in store for the feline populations and us.
Raw meat/raw pet food that is contaminated with H5N1 has been sold across numerous states & has been officially linked to multiple pet deaths
"Indoors" does nothing if meat processors aren't testing what they are selling