Forty-seven tigers, three lions and a panther have died in zoos in south Vietnam due to the H5N1 bird flu virus, state media said Wednesday.
The deaths occurred in August and September at the private My Quynh safari park in Long An province and the Vuon Xoai zoo in Dong Nai, near Ho Chi Minh City, the official Vietnam News Agency (VNA) reported.
According to test results from the National Centre for Animal Health Diagnosis, the animals died “because of H5N1 type A virus,” VNA said.
The zoos declined to comment when contacted by AFP.
No zoo staff members in close contact with the animals had experienced respiratory symptoms, the VNA report added.
c_m_33 on
It’s just feels like a certainty that this will jump to humans. It’s just a matter of when does this happen at this point.
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They can’t all have been housed together. I wonder if they have been fed infected meat? That seems like a strong possibility.
BubsyFanboy on
Poor tigers. Let’s hope this doesn’t spread to humans.
victory_gin_84 on
Can’t this fucking nightmare simulation we’re in just taking a fucking day off.
JustAGoldfishCracker on
Reading the article title gave “how do I get salmonella from raw chicken, it’s not even salmon?” Vibes. XD
Argented on
Do they only feed these giant cats birds that died from the flu?
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Forty-seven tigers, three lions and a panther have died in zoos in south Vietnam due to the H5N1 bird flu virus, state media said Wednesday.
The deaths occurred in August and September at the private My Quynh safari park in Long An province and the Vuon Xoai zoo in Dong Nai, near Ho Chi Minh City, the official Vietnam News Agency (VNA) reported.
According to test results from the National Centre for Animal Health Diagnosis, the animals died “because of H5N1 type A virus,” VNA said.
The zoos declined to comment when contacted by AFP.
No zoo staff members in close contact with the animals had experienced respiratory symptoms, the VNA report added.
It’s just feels like a certainty that this will jump to humans. It’s just a matter of when does this happen at this point.
They can’t all have been housed together. I wonder if they have been fed infected meat? That seems like a strong possibility.
Poor tigers. Let’s hope this doesn’t spread to humans.
Can’t this fucking nightmare simulation we’re in just taking a fucking day off.
Reading the article title gave “how do I get salmonella from raw chicken, it’s not even salmon?” Vibes. XD
Do they only feed these giant cats birds that died from the flu?
tigers arent birds.
Sounds like a feline flu to me.