Thorn police is warning about an outbreak of
avian flu in the city's wild geese population.
In the past two weeks alone,
they say animal control
has collected 60 sick or dead geese.
This comes after Northland reported nearly a
dozen suspected cases earlier this month.
Those cases were in geese and a great horned owl.
CPW says avian.
Flu follows a similar pattern to the human flu peaking in the winter months.
Birds with the flu may appear lethargic,
unable to fly,
walking in circles,
or
unusually afraid of people.
Health officials say,
telling people to give the they're telling people just give the animals space,
even if your initial response is to try and reach out and help.
It's just to steer clear of the birds.
Um,
they,
they
are acting funny,
you know,
and you may feel the need to like approach them,
or you may see a bird carcass that's like out on the ice or something,
but
these are things that we need to stay away from.
Well,
even though transmission to humans is,
is low,
is very low,
we still don't want to put ourselves in contact with wild animals.
And CPW says even though the avian flu has
been more prevalent in the past couple of years,
it's nowhere near as bad as the outbreak that we saw back in 2023.