Israel tries to contain avian flu outbreak after 5,000 wild cranes die
Tens of thousands of turkeys are being destroyed in Israel, as it tries to contain a serious avian flu outbreak./ More than 5,000 migratory cranes have already died at the Hula Nature Reserve, which Environment Minister Tamar Zandberg called "the worst blow to wildlife" in Israel's history./ Local farmers were also being forced to cull half a million chickens, prompting fears of a possible egg shortage./ So far no transmission of the A(H5N1) virus to humans has been reported./ However, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met his national ...
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