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Kazakhstan: Hundreds of wild swans die with avian flu
Activists are concerned the die-off may number into the thousands.
Jan 2, 2024
Environmental officials in Kazakhstan say at least 227 wild swans have died in the western Mangystau region as a result of the spread of the avian influenza.
The Mangystau regional government’s ecology department said on January 2 that the bodies of the birds were found around the Karakol Lake, which lies some 30 kilometers south of the city of Aktau.
Azamat Sarsenbayev, a local activist who has been monitoring the unfolding situation, has said he believes the die-off is much greater than what the authorities are stating.
“I don’t understand why they are underestimating the scale of the tragedy that is currently unfolding on Lake Karakol,” Sarsenbayev wrote on January 1...
Kazakhstan: Hundreds of wild swans die with avian flu
Activists are concerned the die-off may number into the thousands.
Jan 2, 2024
Environmental officials in Kazakhstan say at least 227 wild swans have died in the western Mangystau region as a result of the spread of the avian influenza.
The Mangystau regional government’s ecology department said on January 2 that the bodies of the birds were found around the Karakol Lake, which lies some 30 kilometers south of the city of Aktau.
Azamat Sarsenbayev, a local activist who has been monitoring the unfolding situation, has said he believes the die-off is much greater than what the authorities are stating.
“I don’t understand why they are underestimating the scale of the tragedy that is currently unfolding on Lake Karakol,” Sarsenbayev wrote on January 1...
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