Bird flu detected in goose at Gibson Park in Great Falls Montana

Photo by Retiring Guy (9/20/2020)

Headline:  KRTV, 10/10/2025

Aneesa Coomer reports:

Bird flu has now been confirmed in a goose collected from Gibson Park in Great Falls earlier this week. Officials say the goose showed clear signs of illness before testing positive, and now the city is taking extra precautions to protect both people and wildlife. 

The confirmation came after a couple found a sick goose in the park on September 26th. Believing it could recover, they took it home to nurse it back to health, but the goose died shortly afterward. Following advice from the Cascade City-County Health Department, the couple submitted the bird to Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP) for testing, which later confirmed the presence of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, or HPAI.

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