The Berlin Zoo shut its doors to visitors Friday after among its marine birds evaluated favorable for bird influenza, the center stated.
A regular examine a hamerkop– a medium-sized wading bird– that had actually passed away recently discovered that it evaluated favorable for the illness.
The zoo will stay closed for the time being as a “preventive” step, the zoo stated. In the meantime, caretakers are working to quarantine and separate the staying bird populations.
” The main objective is to avoid the spread of bird influenza,” Berlin’s environment ministry stated.
Zoos in other German cities, consisting of Greifswald, Karlsruhe, Rostock and Heidelberg, have actually likewise just recently been struck with cases of bird influenza.