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The loss of fallow land, especially after the loss of “set-aside” areas in 2007, led to a lack of suitable breeding sites and food for many bird species.
Last year, bird flu killed more than 40 million egg-laying birds. Including ducks and chickens, 148 million birds have been ordered euthanized since H5N1 began spreading around the U.S. in 2022 ...
The shy, lone survivor of a once large herd of fallow deer lives out her days, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023, in a pen at Mount Madonna County Park near Watsonville, Calif. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) ...