After about 70 dead vultures were found at a school in Ohio, officials say preliminary results show they had bird flu.

Ohio wildlife officials cleaned up the carcasses of 72 black vultures on Friday morning, which were splayed across the ballfields and campus of a Clermont County elementary school.

Officials say there is "low risk" to the public after preliminary testing found more than 70 vultures found in Pierce Township had died of bird flu.

SCOTTSBURG, Ind. — Sometimes as many as a dozen black vultures circle above John Hardin's fields in southern Indiana’s Scott County, poised for when they spot a cold, weak or vulnerable cow. Unlike ...

More than 70 vultures were found dead on an Ohio school campus in December 2025, prompting a wildlife and public health ...

The dozens of vultures found dead on the grounds of an Ohio school had died of the bird flu, according to health officials.

The birds lingered for days at a Catholic school near Cincinnati as agencies haggled over who was responsible for removing them. Officials said the public health risk was low.

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Image via Getty Images More than 70 vultures were found dead on a school campus in Ohio. Researchers have theorized what caused the mass deaths of the birds. Right now, officials are investigating the ...