IT. MOST LIKELY COMING UP IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. THE BIRD FLU HAS MADE ITS WAY TO THE METRO, INFECTING A WHOLE HOST OF ANIMALS, INCLUDING PETS. KMBC NINE KRISTA HASKELL IS WORKING TO KEEP YOU SAFE ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Officials with the Missouri Department of Conservation issued caution Friday following “numerous reports” of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza or “bird flu” across the state.

In the past month, nearly 400,000 birds in commercial flocks have been affected by the avian flu outbreak in Missouri, according to data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. According to that same ...

Conservation officials are advising hunters to continue using precaution even as bird flu cases in waterfowl have dropped off since December. While bird flu cases have decreased since the December ...