The news didn’t come as a surprise to experts, but it still raises alarm bells among authorities and conservationists. The bird flu epidemic that has been raging among wild birds and in poultry houses for almost three years has reached the Antarctic continent. With proofthat two skuas died of the highly infectious influenza virus near the Argentine Primavera station on the western tip of Antarctica, the pandemic in the animal kingdom has finally taken on a global dimension. The virus, which probably originated in mass poultry farming, is now spreading its deadly effects from the Arctic, where a polar bear was reported infected in December, to Antarctica.
Penguins in danger: Bird flu reaches Antarctica – Knowledge
