A teenage boy accused of killing a family’s pet chicken and duck in Portage Park has been charged with animal cruelty.

If you’d like to attract wild birds to your yard, putting out a bird feeder is a great start. But to successfully draw in a variety of birds, you’ll need to do more than throw ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH)– Bird feeding is a simple and rewarding hobby that can attract a variety of bird species to your backyard, according to experts from Wild Birds Unlimited in Bloomington, Indiana.

The State Board of Animal Health announced Wednesday it has quarantined a Porter County backyard/hobby flock of 360 chickens due to suspected HPAI — the first new Indiana bird flu quarantine in ...

Those funds can help with the cost of lost birds, clean up, disposal, and disinfecting the property. More information on the bird flu in Indiana can be found from our station affiliate at WPTA.

In advice on its website, the U.S. Department of Agriculture says removing backyard bird feeders is not something the agency specifically recommends to prevent the spread of avian influenza.

But millions of commercially grown ducks and gamebirds, as well as backyard poultry, also have died or been put to death, affecting more than 166.1 million domestic birds total.

People with backyard farm birds should try to replicate that as best as possible. “Our bird advice is to try to get as much space between your backyard flock and any wild birds,” Derrer Spears ...

Bird flu rarely infects humans, and transmission typically occurs through close contact with infected birds. Ohio's first human case of bird flu has been reported by the state's Department of Health.

The reason for that is because avian flu is almost always deadly when contracted by birds, so it’s essential to prevent any possible contamination immediately. “Unfortunately, we have been previously ...

SEYMOUR, Ind. — One of the largest egg producers in the United States has confirmed cases of bird flu at one of their Indiana facilities, according to a statement released on Monday. Rose Acre Farms ...

SEYMOUR, Ind. — One of the largest egg producers in the United States has confirmed cases of bird flu at one of their Indiana facilities, according to a statement released on Monday. Rose Acre ...