Great Bird Flu Outbreak in Israel Kills 2,000 Wild Herons

Liputan6.com, Jerusalem – An outbreak of bird flu is hitting northern Israel. Killed more than 2,000 birds stork wild in a nature reserve.

The parks service on Sunday, December 26, 2021, said the high death toll was very unusual at the time of the seasonal flu.

“In addition to the 2,000 birds that died, another 10,000 are believed to be infected,” said Ohad Hatsofe, an expert at the Parks and Nature Authority. Israel, said to AFP as quoted from VOA Indonesia, Monday (12/27/2021).

Each year, about 100,000 have come to Israel since October, most of them stopping on the Hula Peninsula, a key point on the migration route for birds bound for Africa.

More than 40,000 cranes are estimated to still be in the area.

Uri Naveh, a senior scientist at the authority added, the virus bird flu it hits Israel every year, but this year’s plague is much bigger than in previous years.

Naveh called the number of dead cranes “remarkable.”

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