SeattlePI (May 31) – A necropsy on a beloved, endangered shorebird in Chicago named Monty the Piping Plover shows he died of a respiratory infection, experts said Tuesday. The Lincoln Park Zoo said it partnered with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the University of Illinois Zoological Pathology Program to determine the bird’s cause of death. Further testing concluded Monty did not show any signs of high pathogenic avian influenza, also known as bird flu, that has been spreading in several states, the zoo said.
https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Experts-Beloved-plover-Monty-died-of-respiratory-17210649.php
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CBS News (Chicago, May 31)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/severe-fungal-infection-blamed-for-death-of-monty-the-piping-plover/
Chicago Sun-Times (May 31)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2022/5/31/23149359/cause-of-death-released-for-beloved-piping-plover-monty
NBC Chicago (May 31)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/researchers-identify-cause-of-death-for-monty-chicagos-famous-endangered-piping-plover/2846377/
WTTW-TV (Chicago, May 31)
https://news.wttw.com/2022/05/31/monty-s-cause-death-identified-severe-fungal-respiratory-infection