Overview
- In Saxony, authorities ordered a precautionary cull of about 8,000 birds at a farm in Ebersbach (Meißen) after lab detection of the pathogen, with stall orders and protection zones set to be issued Monday.
- North Rhine–Westphalia signed a six-point plan with industry and veterinary bodies to enforce biosecurity, speed testing in suspected cases, and curb exhibitions and markets where stall duties apply.
- Oldenburg and Rotenburg counties granted time-limited exemptions allowing hunters to euthanize severely ill, flight‑incapable cranes to reduce suffering and potential spread as crane die-offs escalate.
- Local restrictions expanded elsewhere, including a path closure at Ebersberg’s reservoir in Bavaria after multiple H5N1 finds, a stall order in parts of Ortenaukreis tied to a French outbreak, and broader stall rules in Hesse where infections have been confirmed at 51 locations.
- Zoo and farm measures widened the footprint: Bielefeld’s Tierpark quarantined two snow owls after H5 was detected pending H5N1 confirmation, and an Erlebnishof in Hürth culled roughly 500 birds under a 10‑kilometer cordon, while public‑health agencies continue to rate human risk as very low with no cases reported.