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Nearly 7,500 reports of dead or sick wild birds — overwhelmingly Canada geese — flooded New Jersey's Department of Environmental Protection during February 2026, in a mass die-off widely attributed to highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). The crisis unfolded alongside a devastating outbreak in neighboring Pennsylvania that killed 7.4 million chickens in a single month, underscoring the ongoing national threat of H5N1 to wildlife, agriculture, and public health.