In response to the threat of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, Victoria, Australia has launched a small blue penguin vaccination program. It is planned to vaccinate 5,000 little blue penguins on Phillip Island and St Kilda, Melbourne. As of the evening of August 23, 1,000 little blue penguins on Phillip Island had received the first of the two doses of the vaccine.

In response to the threat of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, Victoria, Australia has launched a small blue penguin vaccination program. It is planned to vaccinate 5,000 little blue penguins on Phillip Island and St Kilda, Melbourne. As of the evening of August 23, 1,000 little blue penguins on Phillip Island had received the first of the two doses of the vaccine.