Not less than three and presumably as much as 15 birds have died of avian flu at two New York Metropolis zoos, in accordance with the group that operates the amenities.
The Wildlife Conservation Society mentioned three geese on the Queens Zoo died after contracting the virus, and lab assessments are pending on three geese and 9 wild birds that died on the Bronx Zoo after attainable publicity.
“As a precaution, over the last two weeks, we have moved vulnerable bird species to protected areas in our parks,” officers mentioned in a press release.
On Friday, state officers ordered chicken markets within the metropolitan space to shut for per week after seven instances of avian flu had been detected throughout routine inspections within the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens. Gov. Kathy Hochul mentioned there was no instant menace to public well being and the non permanent closures had been finished out of an abundance of warning.
Avian flu has hit farms nationwide, resulting in the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of birds and driving up egg costs.
The U.S. Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention has mentioned the virus poses low danger to most of the people. The company mentioned there have been 67 confirmed instances of chicken flu in people within the U.S., none of them in New York.
