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Free-range chickens across Victoria are heading back outdoors today after authorities lifted a 10-week confinement order that protected commercial flocks from bird flu. Despite ongoing H5N1 spread in wildlife, officials say strong biosecurity kept every single commercial farm disease-free.
When bird flu reached Australia and New Zealand in 2026, one country was already two years ahead with a plan to save its most endangered species. New Zealand's vaccination program shows how early preparation can protect wildlife facing global threats.
South Australia is training 50 volunteer bird watchers to become frontline defenders against bird flu, turning passionate hobbyists into vital disease detectors. The program harnesses citizen scientists who already spend hours observing wildlife to help protect both wild birds and commercial poultry.
Wildlife officers in Canberra are building 16 special quarantine pens to protect endangered eastern quolls from a potential bird flu outbreak. The plan creates a safety net to preserve one of Australia's rarest marsupials, extinct on the mainland for over 60 years.
