Avian flu derails Alberta pumpkin festival
Oct 27, 2025 | 9:33 AM
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A popular Calgary petting zoo and farm remained closed for its pumpkin festival last weekend after nine cases of avian flu were confirmed in its poultry.
Alberta Health Services ordered closure of Butterfield Acres on Oct. 17.
The provincial health services agency says the petting zoo will reopen after the conditions of its order are met.
Butterfield Acres, which also offers activities such as pony rides and goat milking, says on its website that avian influenza cases have been confirmed in some of its birds.
