The nature reserve around Lake Karakul is home to a large number of rare and endangered animal species. This is a vulnerable area in western Kazakhstan that has often suffered from air and water pollution in the past.
Between December 21 and January 8, almost 700 dead swans were found around the lake, which was artificially formed at a nuclear power plant in Soviet times. This is also a worrying development in Kazakhstan.
Bird flu is a highly contagious disease that mainly affects birds. Sometimes mammals are infected and very occasionally humans too. The current variant of the virus emerged in 2021 and has since spread worldwide.
It was recently announced that a polar bear in Alaska died from the bird flu virus. The polar bear probably ate a dead bird that carried the virus. Previously, cats in Poland succumbed to bird flu, as did brown and black bears, foxes, badgers and otters.
2024-01-10 15:36:19
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