As concerns about the bird flu mount, the Alaska Raptor Center in Sitka has temporarily suspended its bird rescue and rehabilitation services. It has also moved the eagles that live in its outdoor habitat into their cages.
-From the archive: Handler Hannah Blanke holds Zappa while Sheila Swanberg performs an exam. The eagle was treated at the Alaska Raptor Center after running into an electric line of the highly pathogenic avian influenza in early May, furthering the spread of what is now an international bird flu outbreak.in Sitka has temporarily suspended its bird rescue and rehabilitation services.
Bird flu is spread through contact with saliva or feces of an infected bird. Cedarleaf said they’ve moved the eagles that live in the outdoor habitat into their cages, to reduce their risk of exposure to the virus. Cedarleaf said, unlike COVID, there’s no rapid test for the bird flu. It can take up to two weeks to get the results from a sample. So far, no cases have been reported in Southeast, but Cedarleaf believes that the Alaska Raptor Center may be the only organization in the region that’s currently testing for the virus. So far they’ve tested around 10 birds. All results have come been negative. She said an eagle died in the Sitka National Historical Park earlier this week.
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