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Berlin Zoo closes to visitors over bird flu case
By AP News - Nov 18, 2022, 10:27 AM ET
Last Updated - Jun 23, 2023, 12:42 PM EDT
The Berlin Zoo shut its doors to visitors due to a case of avian flu among one of its aquatic birds
BERLIN (AP) — The Berlin Zoo shut its doors to visitors after one of its aquatic birds tested positive for avian flu, the facility said Friday.
A routine check on a hamerkop - a medium-sized wading bird - that had died last week found that it was positive for the disease.
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The zoo will remain closed for the time being as a “precautionary” measure, the zoo said in a statement. In the meantime, caretakers are working to quarantine and separate the remaining bird populations.
"The primary goal is to prevent the spread of avian flu,” Berlin's climate ministry said in a statement.
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Zoos in other German cities, including Greifswald, Karlsruhe, Rostock and Heidelberg, have also recently been hit with cases of avian flu.
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