About 5,000 dead cranes were observed in the Hula Reed and another 30 individuals in the Jezreel Valley. According to an announcement from the Nature and Parks Authority from today (Sunday), the Hula Nature Reserve will remain closed until January 1. Minister Tamar Zandberg toured the reserve and conducted a situation assessment: "We are in the midst of a very acute outbreak, this is one of the most serious injuries to wildlife ever in Israel. We will treat it in the most correct and environmental way."
In light of the growing outbreak of bird flu in the north, Minister of Environmental Protection Tamar Zandberg toured the site, along with representatives of the Nature and Parks Authority and the JNF.
Minister Zandberg in Agmon Hahula: "One of the most serious injuries to wildlife ever in Israel" // Nature and Parks Authority
Zandberg commented on the situation, saying: "We are in the midst of a very acute outbreak of bird flu affecting cranes. This is actually one of the most serious wildlife injuries ever in Israel. Thousands of cranes have already died from the disease, hundreds of thousands of chickens have been killed in coops. In addition, together with all parties, government ministries, the Nature and Parks Authority and the JNF, we monitor the reality on the ground.
We will work to treat it in the most correct and environmental way. "
The sick reed was filled with dead birds following the bird flu, Photo: Hadas Kahner Nature and Parks Authority
Raya Soraki, Acting Director General of the Nature and Parks Authority, said that "Following the assessments and monitoring of bird flu morbidity in the area. In Israel.
In addition, about 250 dead cranes were observed in the Hula Valley outside the reedbed, and about 30 damaged cranes in the rest of the country, most of them in the Jezreel Valley. "
The Nature and Parks Authority reiterates that, as a rule, contact with wild birds and their secretions should be avoided during this period, and in the event that spotted or dead birds are identified in the area, they should not be touched and should be reported immediately to the Nature and Parks Authority's hotline number 3639 *.
For more information on bird flu in cranes, visit the website of the Nature and Parks Authority.
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