Cat Euthanized Due to Bird Flu from Raw Food
Originally Published 4 months ago — by Gizmodo
A cat in San Francisco was euthanized after contracting bird flu from contaminated raw cat food containing H5N1, marking the first such case since spring. The FDA confirmed the presence of the virus in the food and the cat, with genetic analysis linking the cases to a common source. Despite multiple human bird flu cases in the U.S., there is little public oversight or tracking of animal cases now, amid controversial opinions on disease management from officials like Robert F. Kennedy Jr.