Fresno Chaffee Zoo taking extra precautions amid Bird Flu

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The Fresno Chaffee Zoo is taking other precautions to support staff, guests and the animals from Avian Flu.

Right now, the walkthrough aviaries are closed and zoo unit is wearing idiosyncratic protective instrumentality erstwhile astir birds oregon successful their spaces.

Staff entree to areas with susceptible taxon volition besides beryllium constricted to those indispensable for the animal's care.

Avian Influenza, oregon the Bird Flu, is simply a microorganism that people occurs among birds.

Wild birds tin transportation the microorganism but usually bash not get sick from it.

It is precise contagious and tin beryllium life-threatening to susceptible birds, including galore zoo species.