Deadly bird flu threatens Israel's wildlife, triggers hunting ban

Israel has canceled the final month of its five month-long hunting season in a bid to contain a severe bird flu outbreak that’s killed as many as 8,000 wild cranes and sparked concerns about infection among threatened bird species.

Environmental Protection Minister Tamar Zandberg tweeted in December that this outbreak of the H5N1 bird flu is the “” in Israel’s history and that the full extent of its damage is “still unclear.” The January hunting ban will help limit human-wildlife interactions. The ministry says it’s concerned that hunters unwittingly could spread the disease by carrying the virus on their shoes, tires, or via the dogs they use to collect the ducks and pigeons they shoot. Also, other birds disturbed by hunters may fly to new sites, spreading the virus.

H5N1 was first detected at Israeli poultry farms about two months ago and it’s since been confirmed as the cause of death among common cranes, with a fifth of the population of majestic, long-necked birds already infected, according to Israeli authorities. Each fall, the cranes migrate from Russia, Ukraine, and Scandinavia to wintering grounds in Ethiopia and elsewhere, including Israel, where tens of thousands await the spring, many around a lake in the Hula Valley. There, in the north of the country, workers in hazmat suits have been scooping up the bodies of cranes from the water and surrounding areas.

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My heart is breaking.....

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Are Palestinians not considered wildlife?

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Best of luck to ground team working to control this bird flu outbreak.

Muy TRISTE que este pasando esto

a sad day for palestinian wildlife :(

I suspect terrorists are using germ warfare against their enemies nowadays ... might be their new M.O. - whence came my suspicion? They’ve all gone “ quite “ 🤫🤫

Very sad.

Palestine*

Next are the frogs & the boils

good

I bet it ain't bird flu either I bet it's the Rona it's killing them all and they're not telling us

It was around, 'Mana and the quail,' when it was proven beyond reasonable doubt that the humour behind Moses, not having been circumcised was lauded. Reminding that our Rob or Ross was that Aaron demonstrated to Pharaoh right at the beginning of Exodus the knowledge of Serpentis.

makes no sense

How utterly horrible. A real disaster.

An event of biblical proportions.

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;_;

I don't want to even know anymore...but not even I can hide from facts...staring us all in the face...

Killed 8000 wild cranes. How many tame ones?

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