Felines of all varieties tend to explore and hunt smaller prey, such as birds and mice, which can carry bird flu.

The bird flu that's been killing flocks of wild birds and causing outbreaks in poultry and dairy cows across the United States has another unlikely victim: house cats. More than 140 domestic cats in ...

Bird flu has been in the news a lot in recent weeks with cats in the Pacific Northwest falling ill and in some cases sadly being euthanized. The outbreak began back in March 2024 in dairy cattle, but ...

HUNTERDON COUNTY, New Jersey (WABC) -- A feral cat in Hunterdon County, New Jersey tested positive for bird flu, marking the first confirmed cat case in the state. The diagnosis was confirmed by the ...

Two cats in separate New York City households have tested positive for bird flu, the city health department says. "Bird flu in cats has been confirmed elsewhere in the United States. Pet owners are ...

The bird flu outbreak, which has been detected statewide in animals including ducks, geese, squirrels, foxes, raccoons and bobcats, now also is being found in household cats in New York, federal data ...

On December 21, 2025, in Salento, Italy, @alby01010101 shared a funny video capturing a mischievous moment involving a cat ...

pets that spend time outdoors and likely caught it by hunting diseased rodents or wild birds. Now, a small but growing number of house cats have gotten sick from H5N1, the bird flu strain driving the ...

The stunning cat was all attitude, stalking some neighborhood birds from a comfortable perch inside a window. But when the ...

Two cats that belonged to Michigan dairy workers died after being infected with bird flu. But it's still not clear how the animals got sick or whether they spread the virus to people in the household, ...

San Jose, Calif. — Bird flu isn’t just affecting chickens and cows; it’s hitting pet cats. An estimated 11.6 million households in California own 23.3 million cats (in Michigan, 4.1 million households ...

"Our blue jay has decided she’s actually a cat. Lately, Pluto’s favorite thing to mimic are the feral cats she hears outside ...