“Victorian wildlife officers will spend the coming weeks catching and vaccinating penguins against the devastating strain of bird flu spreading through Australia, in a mammoth effort said to be unprecedented in its scale.

It is a race to save a world-famous penguin colony from a worst-case prediction that the H5 bird flu strain could kill thousands of birds…

The vaccination program unveiled last week — and beginning today — is unique because of its focus on wild animals.

With a target of more than 5,000 vaccinated penguins across St Kilda and Phillip Island, Victorian officials say the scale is unprecedented for wildlife.”

From ABC Australia.