Dec. 26 (UPI) -- The Wild Felid Advocacy Center of Washington lost 20 of its big cats to bird flu, the sanctuary announced.

A wildlife sanctuary in Washington state is under quarantine after 20 big cats died due to H5N1 bird flu infections.

Bird flu has been on the rise in Washington state and one sanctuary was hit hard: 20 big cats – more than half of the ...

Bird flu ripped through a Washington state wildlife sanctuary, killing 20 big cats, the center said in a Facebook post, ...

Twenty big cats, including a half-Bengal tiger and four cougars, died between late November and mid-December at a sanctuary ...

The animals - including a Bengal tiger, cougars and bobcats - have died of the virus over the past several weeks.

An animal shelter in Shelton, Washington is grappling with a devastating bird flu outbreak that killed 20 of its big cats ...

An animal sanctuary in Washington is under quarantine after 20 big cats died amid a bird flu outbreak, the Wild Felid ...

The Wild Felid Advocacy Center of Washington announced it is under quarantine amid a devastating bird flu outbreak that has ...

A big cat sanctuary in Washington has suffered "significant losses" among the animals in its care after what it said was an ...

Nearly two dozen big cats died after bird flu swept through the sanctuary where they lived. The Wild Felid Advocacy Center ...

Archival footage shows Tabbi, a half-Bengal tiger, and Thumper, a Eurasian lynx, playing at the Wild Felid Advocacy Center of Washington. They were among 20 big cats that died from bird flu at the ...