AR-News: (Bangkok) Zoos close bird section to public

[Animalara2003 at aol.com]

Rare species die in shelter near risk area 
Ranjana Wangvipula 
Five state-run zoos have closed their bird section to the public after 
reports that rare birds in a protected shelter in Suphan Buri died.

The five zoos included Dusit zoo in Bangkok, Khao Kiew zoo in Chon Buri. The 
remaining three are in Chiang Mai, Nakhon Ratchasima and Songkhla.

Natural Resources and Environment Minister Praphat Panyachartrak said 
forestry and zoo officials were on alert after the deaths of 36 pheasants, peafowls, 
and rare bird species, such as Siamese fireback and silver pheasants in Bung 
Chawak in the flu-hit province of Suphan Buri.

The cause of death could not be confirmed and inquiries were underway. The 
minister did not rule out avian flu since Bung Chawak, a natural swamp where 
more than 100 species take refuge, was not far away from a private zoo which 
earlier fed the tigers with dead chickens.



full story:

http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/27Jan2004_news17.html 


"The world is a dangerous place,
not because of those who do evil,
but because of those who look on and do nothing.",
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