Safari Park Relocating Birds in Response to Avian Flu Outbreak

Safari Park Relocating Birds in Response to Avian Flu Outbreak
Milky storks tend to their newly hatched chicks at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in San Diego in July 2021. Brittany Cruz-Fejeran/San Diego Union-Tribune/TNS
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By Gary Warth From The San Diego Union-Tribune

ESCONDIDO, Calif.—About 120 birds at San Diego Zoo Safari Park were moved to new protected habitats at Safari Park last week and more will be relocated in the next few weeks in response to a highly contagious strain of avian flu that recently was detected in California.