After two animals died of bird flu in Chicago, the Lincoln Park Zoo’s bird house will be closed for the near future.
Lincoln Park Zoo said the specific source of the exposure of the animals to bird flu, or H5N1 virus, is not known.
The sources of exposure are unclear, but officials said it was almost certainly from contact with an infected waterfowl.
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