The deadly avian flu virus, H5N1, has impacted wildlife at the Nagpur Zoological Park, claiming the lives of three tigers and a leopard. In response, all zoos across Maharashtra have been placed on high alert.

With Maharashtra reporting India’s first case of avian influenza among animals, the Union Animal Husbandry Ministry sent a circular to all States, urging them to quarantine infected or symptomatic tigers and other feline species to prevent transmission of the disease to other animals or humans.

Three tigers and a leopard at a Nagpur rescue centre have succumbed to avian influenza, prompting the Union government to sound an alert for zoos across the country. In an advisory, the Central Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying directed zoos to comply with the action plan on prevention, control and containment.

Three tigers and a leopard died of avian influenza at an animal rescue centre in Maharashtra's Nagpur, prompting the authorities to put zoos on alert, an official said on Monday.

The Gorewada Rescue Centre in Nagpur has reported the deaths of three tigers and a sub-adult leopard due to the highly pathogenic avian flu H5N1 virus. This incident marks India's first significant wildlife loss to this virus in captivity.

Hyderabad: The Nehru Zoological Park in Hyderabad has reintroduced Covid-era protective measures in response to an avian flu outbreak at a rescue cent.

The wildlife authorities in Maharashtra have issued a state-wide red alert as three tigers and a sub-adult leopard have died after contracting the highly pathogenic avian flu H5N1 virus at Gorewada Rescue Centre in Nagpur.