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Penguin bird flu vaccination drive passes 1,000-dose milestone

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A vaccination effort to protect little penguins on Phillip Island has reached a significant milestone. As ABC News Australia reports, the team has now administered more than one thousand doses of the H5N1 vaccine to the vulnerable birds to combat bird flu.

Source: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-24/vic-phillip-island...

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