According to Wildlife Conservation, a non -profit organization that runs parks, three ducks died in Queens Zoo Zoo, and up to 12 other birds in the Bronx Zoo, which died after possible exposure, according to the Society for Nature Conservation, a non -profit organization.
The death and possible expositions in the Queens Zoo and the Bronx Zoo, one of the largest and most famous zoos in the United States, come when the outbreak of bird flu, disgusting chickens and Female cattle and Up Price of eggs.
On Friday was ordered by the government of Kathy Hochul Live markets with birds in New York And several surrounding regions to temporarily close themselves in an effort to stop the spread of the virus. “Public health protection is about an active state,” she said in a statement.
The Order from the State Ministry of Agriculture and Markets requires live birds markets that have not found any cases of bird flu to sell their supplies and disinfected their operations. Markets with detected cases must follow the instructions for quarantine and depopulation, the order said.
The virus called H5N1, was roughly infected 156 million Commercial, backyard and wild birds across the country since January 2022. Centers for control and prevention of diseases said that the disease poses minimal health risks to the general public and that it has not yet been able to spread easily among people.
The Nature Conservation Society, which also runs the Central Park Zoo, Prospect Park and New York Aquarium on the island of Coney, said that as a preventive measure has recently moved vulnerable bird species to separate protected areas inside its parks. It also reduced the exhibition of other animals in his care to wild birds and especially waterfowl, which is known to be carriers of the virus.
“We have assessed and reviewed our risk protocols for our bird flu birds,” the non -profit organization said in a statement. “Our veterinarians and curators continue to carefully monitor the situation in the region and cooperate with urban, state and federal agencies.”
The Bronx and Queens Zoo remained open on Saturdays, the organization said, noting the low risk that visitors were coming into contact with the birds of the zoo or closing the virus.
On Saturday afternoon at the Queens Marck Vasquez Zoo and Jennifer Espinoza said they were sad when they found that Swans, one of their favorite attractions, were not surrounded by wild birds in their usual pond, but instead separately in a separate cover.
“It’s empty,” said Mr. Vasquez, 21.
Nearby, another visitor, chaws, 36 years, who comes from Myanmar, walked through the pond, where the score of the wild Mallards floated. Mrs. Chaw said she was sad that the flu was sick birds, but otherwise it was not concerned.
“I come from the ground where we have bird flu every year,” Mrs. Chaw said. “It’s not worried about me.”
Ellen Yan The report contributed.