The sources of exposure are unclear, but officials said it was almost certainly from contact with an infected waterfowl.

After two animals died of bird flu in Chicago, the Lincoln Park Zoo’s bird house will be closed for the near future.

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A harbor seal and a Chilean flamingo died from the bird flu this month at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, officials said.

Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo announced the death of a Harbor Seal and a Chilean Flamingo as a result of the Avian Influenza, a highly pathogenic disease in free-ranging waterfowls.

The Chilean flamingo, named Teal, hatched last fall and died Jan. 8. The 7-year-old harbor seal, named Slater, died the next ...