The sick northern giant petrel found over the weekend sparked fears the deadly bird flu virus had reached Queensland.
The visibly agitated bull bison was roaming the campground in Yellowstone National Park and charging at other groups of people before the incident.
There have been 13 discoveries of the avian influenza virus in Australia,but none confirmed in Queensland.
The cull of feral animals in the Snowy Mountains ends on Saturday – and it will not be a moment too soon for all involved.
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As the first case of the deadly virus was confirmed in NSW,an exclusion zone was set up around a dead cormorant in Sydney.
Surveillance focus has intensified on a stretch of NSW coast where bird flu was detected for the first time in the state.
A worker’s shock encounter with a bear cub was captured by a garage camera,revealing the moment he discovered the unwelcome stowaway and chased it from the truck.
The H5N1 virus has landed in Australia,via seabirds from the Antarctic,and pet owners have been warned to brace for an almost inevitable outbreak.
A three-year-old boy is in a critical condition in hospital after an incident at a Cambridgeshire zoo.