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Bird flu killed an owl in Utah and may be spreading. Here’s how to take precautions.

The virus was confirmed in a wild owl that was found dead in Cache County last month.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Winston, the great horned owl, on display as owl educators talk about his species during an Earth Day celebration at the Ogden Nature Center on Saturday, April 20, 2019. A case of avian influenza was confirmed by the Utah Division of Wildlife in May 2022 after a dead great horned owl was discovered in Cache County.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Winston, the great horned owl, on display as owl educators talk about his species during an Earth Day celebration at the Ogden Nature Center on Saturday, April 20, 2019. A case of avian influenza was confirmed by the Utah Division of Wildlife in May 2022 after a dead great horned owl was discovered in Cache County.

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