Overview
- County officials in Meißen ordered about 8,000 birds in Ebersbach killed after a suspected farm outbreak, while a Hürth experience farm culled roughly 500 birds following positive tests.
- Access to the Ismaninger Speichersee in Bavaria was closed after 99 dead wild birds were recovered and eight tested positive for H5N1, with a local housing order expected around the site.
- Cross-border measures reached Baden-Württemberg as French restriction zones near Strasbourg triggered stall duties and movement limits in parts of the Ortenau district.
- Several counties granted exemptions to let hunters humanely kill visibly sick, flight-incapacitated cranes to reduce suffering and limit spread, including Oldenburg and Rotenburg.
- The FLI reports a dynamic European spread and Niedersachsen counts about 682,000 birds dead or culled since early October, while public health authorities report no human cases to date.