Two gulls were found infected with the H5N1 subtype of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) near Binyamina-Givat Ada and Holon last week, the Agriculture Ministry said on Saturday. The ministry added that at the beginning of January, a common teal was found infected with the virus in Bet Halevi, near Netanya, and a peregrine falcon […]
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As Israel is a crossroads for many millions of migratory birds flying from continents to the south and the north and back, it is – along with other countries of the Middle East and West Asia much of Africa, parts of Europe and Australia, Canada, Venezuela, and the US – at risk for the West […]
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OFFLU, a network of scientists from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH), warned on Thursday that bird flu is likely to spread further in Antarctica and could have an “immense” negative effect on wildlife in the region. In October, the first ever recorded case of bird […]
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Connecting Asia and Africa with a corridor that is one of the world’s most important and busiest migration flyways, Israel sees more than 500 million birds representing 550 species that fly over twice a year, in the spring and the fall. The birds are very sensitive and can easily be confused, suffer accidents and their […]
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