CHICAGO (CNN) - Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo is mourning the loss of two animals that died from bird flu. The zoo says a 7-year-old harbor seal named Slater died on Jan. 9, following the passing of a ...

Lincoln Park Zoo says testing has confirmed that “highly pathogenic avian influenza,” the bird flu, was the cause of death ...

A Chilean flamingo died Jan. 8 and a harbor seal died Jan. 9, with testing confirming highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI ...

A harbor seal and a Chilean flamingo at Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo died from avian influenza last week, zoo officials ...

Their deaths came within a day of each other, the Chicago zoo said in a Jan. 15 news release. Teal, a months-old Chilean ...

The sources of exposure are unclear, but officials said it was almost certainly from contact with an infected waterfowl.

NBC Chicago also reported this week that bird flu was the cause of the recent deaths of a Chilean flamingo and harbor seal at Lincoln Park Zoo. The zoo said it was “near certain” that the animals got ...