According to the Wildlife Conservation Society, three ducks at the Queens Zoo died due to bird flu, and more than 12 birds who died after a potential exhibition were being tested for the virus, according to the Queens Zoo. Non -profit profits that run the parks.
The deaths and potential exhibitions at the Queens Zoo and the Bronx Zoo, which is the largest and most famous zoo in the United States, has spread the spread of birds flu throughout the country, sick poultry and milk livestock. And driving. Egg price.
On Friday, Government Kathy Hochul ordered all living bird markets and some surrounding counties to temporarily shut down in an attempt to prevent the spread of the virus in New York City. “Protecting public health is about being active,” he said in a statement.
For the state’s agriculture and market order, the markets of direct birds are needed that no bird flu cases have been detected to sell their inventors and to sterilize their actions. The order states that the markets found in the matters found to be followed by guidelines for quantities and settlement.
The virus, called H5N1, has almost LY infection 156 million Since January 2022, commercial, home backyard and wild birds across the country. Disease control and prevention centers say the disease is at least at risk for the health of the general public, and it has not yet capable of spreading people.
The Wildlife Conservation Society, which also runs the Central Park Zoo, Prosect Park Zoo Zoo and the New York Aquarium on the Koni Island, said that as a precaution, the organization recently separately separately, safe areas from inside its parks I transferred the weaker species of the birds. It has also restricted the display of other animals in its maintenance to wild birds and especially water follicles, known as the virus carrier.
“We have reviewed and reviewed our protocols on the risk of our birds with Avy influenza,” said in a statement. “Our veterinarians and curators continue to monitor the situation in the region and are cooperating with the city, state and federal agencies.”
The organization said the bronks and the Queens zoo were open on Saturday, the organization said, with a low risk of visitors to the zoo’s birds or the lower risk of viruses.
In the afternoon of Saturday afternoon, Mark Vasco and Jennifer Espenoza said he was saddened to know that one of his favorite attractions was surrounded by wild birds in his usual pond, but also Instead of a separate wall was lonely.
“It feels empty,” said 21 -year -old Mr. Vasuz, said 21 -year -old Mr. Vasuz, 21 -year -old.
Nearly, another meeting, Chaosu, 36, which is actually from Myanmar, walks through a pond where several wild Mileards swim. Ms Chaoso said she was sad that the flow was making the birds sick but she was not worried otherwise.
“I’m coming from a country where we have a bird flu every year,” said Ms. Chaoso. “It’s no worry for me.”
Alan Yan Reporting was contributed.
