More than a dozen tigers have been incinerated after the animals contracted chicken flu at a zoo in southern Vietnam, officers mentioned.
State media VNExpress cited a caretaker at Vuon Xoai Zoo in Bien Hoa City, saying the animals have been fed with uncooked rooster purchased from close by farms. The panther and 20 tigers, together with a number of cubs, weighed between 10 and 120 kilograms (20 and 265 kilos) once they died. The our bodies have been incinerated and buried on the premises.
“The tigers died so quick. They regarded weak, refused to eat and died after two days of falling sick,” mentioned zoo supervisor Nguyen Ba Phuc.
Samples taken from the tigers examined constructive for H5N1, the virus that causes chicken flu.
The virus was first recognized in 1959 and grew right into a widespread and extremely deadly menace to migratory birds and domesticated poultry. It has since advanced, and in recent times, H5N1 was detected in a rising variety of animals starting from canines and cats to sea lions and polar bears.
In cats, scientists have discovered the virus attacking the mind, damaging and clotting blood vessels and inflicting seizures and loss of life.
More than 20 different tigers have been remoted for monitoring. The zoo homes some 3,000 different animals, together with lions, bears, rhinos, hippos and giraffes.
The 30 workers members who have been caring for the tigers examined detrimental for chicken flu and have been in regular well being situation, VNExpress reported. The newspaper mentioned one other outbreak additionally occurred at a zoo in close by Long An province, the place 27 tigers and three lions died inside per week in September.
Unusual flu strains that come from animals are sometimes present in folks. Health officers within the United States mentioned that two dairy employees in California have been contaminated – making 16 whole circumstances detected within the nation in 2024.
“The deaths of 47 tigers, three lions and a panther at My Quynh Safari and Vuon Xoai Zoo amid Vietnam’s chicken flu outbreak are tragic and spotlight the dangers of maintaining wild animals in captivity,” PETA Senior Vice President Jason Baker mentioned in an announcement despatched to The Associated Press.
“The exploitation of untamed animals additionally places international human well being in danger by rising the probability of one other pandemic,” Baker mentioned.
Bird flu has prompted tons of of deaths around the globe, the overwhelming majority of which contain direct contact between folks and contaminated birds.
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