More than 5,000 little penguins will be vaxxed against bird flu. How will this protect them?

4FR/Getty A major push is underway to catch and vaccinate more than 5,000 little penguins in Victoria to protect them against the virulent H5N1 bird flu. Victorian wildlife officers will carry out vaccinations at little penguin colonies at Phillip Island and St Kilda, in what the state government says is the world’s largest program to target wild birds. One little penguin at Phillip Island has already died of bird flu. Capturing wildlife for vaccination is difficult, particularly because they…