{
  "id": 328938,
  "title": "When bird flu hit the UK, suffering seabirds died in their thousands. Australia’s wild flocks will soon do the same",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/08/when-bird-flu-hit-the-uk-suffering-seabirds-died-in-their-thousands",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-08T20:00:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian Australia",
    "slug": "the-guardian-australia",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/09/bird-flu-australia-thousands-of-deaths-expected-global-modelling"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Australia’s bird population will experience ‘large mortalities’ and risk species loss, modelling based on global outbreaks shows Thousands of the species started to fall sick…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Conversation AU",
        "title": "Why Australia should urgently vaccinate wildlife most at risk from H5N1 bird flu",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/why-australia-should-urgently-vaccinate-wildlife-most-at-risk-from",
        "published": "2026-08-05T20:09:54.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}