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Bird flu outbreak detected in Dordogne park, 80 birds to be culled
The Bugue
Dordogne
From Marie-Astrid Guégan , Charlotte Jousserand
Wednesday, January 22, 2025 at 4:19 p.m.
From ici Périgord , ici
An outbreak of bird flu has been detected in the Bournat theme park in Dordogne. According to information from "ici Périgord", around 80 birds must be euthanized this Thursday, January 23 and the Bugue park will undergo a sanitary vacuum, before being cleaned and disinfected.
Geese in the Bournat park in Le Bugue have caught the bird flu virus. According to information from "ici Périgord", the keepers discovered the three dead geese this Sunday afternoon, January 19. The Périgord Noir park, which recreates daily life in 1900, has been closed to the public for the winter since September 2024, but there is still a farmyard and animals that the keepers take care of all year round.
The veterinary services were notified immediately, explains the director of the Bournat park, Laurent Bernat: "We know that we have to control the problem as quickly as possible" . After analysis, the avian flu was confirmed by the veterinary services on Tuesday, January 21.
“Seeing them go is heartbreaking.”
Swans, peacocks, quails, chickens, guinea fowl, turkeys , 80 animals in total, must be euthanized this Thursday, January 23 by specialized services. "It's a moral cost ," explains Laurent Bernat. There is a pair of swans that we have been looking after for 15 years, they are birds that we look after every day, some were born in the Parc du Bournat. We are a bit of a conservatory of certain ancient species, like the Brive colored-headed pigeon . "
Bournat Park will be cleaned and disinfected
A sanitary cordon will be set up during the day this Wednesday around the park and the bird enclosures. A cleaning company will then take care of disinfecting and decontaminating the area .
"This will not be done in several stages ," says the director of the Bournat park. " It is a fairly heavy protocol, it is the price that must be paid to avoid contamination of livestock. [..] We are thinking especially of the livestock farmers, it is much more dramatic. We do not want to be the gateway to contamination that will affect local producers, we know them, they are people for whom we have the greatest respect, and we do not want to be a source of contamination of avian flu with the risk that they will lose their animals, because for them, it is their job."
Birds soon to be vaccinated?
The birds in the "farmyard" of the Bournat park are grouped together during the winter in wire enclosures and protected with a net installed above. "They are not wandering," explains Laurent Bernat, who believes that the contamination comes from wild birds. "I am in the park right now when I am speaking to you, there are mallards, herons...".
The site director had asked for vaccines to protect these animals from bird flu, even if they had to be paid for, but "they were not granted to us, because they are reserved for breeders" . The director of Le Bournat plans to take back birds before the park reopens next April, "but only if we can get vaccines" .
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https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/agr...nt-etre-abattus-parc-du-bournat-bugue-2143910
