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This past week brought a mixed bag of animal news. The good news: the northern giant hornet, also known as the “murder hornet,” has been eradicated from the United States. The bad news: bird flu is rapidly infecting dairy cows in California.
The USDA and Washington State Department of Agriculture have declared that the invasive northern giant hornet species has been eradicated from the United States. The largest known wasp species in the world, the northern giant hornet is native to regions of Asia, including northern India, the Korean peninsula, and Japan. It was introduced to North America in 2019 and sensationally dubbed the “murder hornet” by news media, given its painful sting and its ability to swiftly destroy entire hives of western honeybees.
Bird flu emergency declaredCalifornia has declared a bird flu emergency after the disease was found to be swiftly spreading among dairy cows and sporadically causing sickness in humans. This strain of the bird flu was initially detected in U.S. dairy cows in March, and more than 60 people in eight states have been infected this year, mostly with mild symptoms. In making the announcement, California health officials stressed that no person-to-person transmission has been reported and that this strain of the disease poses a low risk to humans.
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