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The deadly H5N1 strain is spreading rapidly in the Antarctic, potentially threatening the world’s largest breeding population of wandering albatrosses on South Africa’s Marion Island. Today, 19 March, marks one year since Daily Maverick first requested the national government’s biosecurity protocol for the infected territory, which we are yet to see…
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PANZOOTIC PERIL: Marion Island’s seabirds at risk after avian flu confirmed on SA’s sub-Antarctic outpost
Elroy Mayoral
01:27
The deadly H5N1 strain is spreading rapidly in the Antarctic, potentially threatening the world’s largest breeding population of wandering albatrosses on South Africa’s Marion Island. Today, 19 March, marks one year since Daily Maverick first requested the national government’s biosecurity protocol for the infected territory, which we are yet to see…