AA.com Uttar Pradesh state government orders closure of zoos in Lucknow and Kanpur, a day after similar precautionary measures implemented in Gorakhpur and Etawah following discovery of bird flu in tigress. The northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh closed its zoos to the public for a week on Wednesday, a day after bird flu was discovered in a dead tigress.
The Uttar Pradesh state government has ordered the closure of zoos in Lucknow and Kanpur for a week, a day after similar precautionary measures were implemented in Gorakhpur and Etawah following the discovery of bird flu in a tigress that died at the Shaheed Ashfaqullah Khan Zoo in Gorakhpur, the Press Trust of India news agency reported, citing officials.
Forest Minister Arun Kumar Saxena said surveillance has been intensified not just in zoos, but also in poultry farms across the state.