Overview
- The zoo closed the three popular areas to visitors on Saturday after reporting an unconfirmed avian influenza case.
- Officials say the suspected infection has not been verified by laboratory testing and they are in close contact with the responsible authorities.
- Local reporting says all birds are being examined as a precaution, including a flock that features around 120 flamingos.
- Reduced admission prices apply during the partial closure—€12 for adults, €9 for children and €26 for families—while many other exhibits remain open such as the koala offspring, the aquarium and terrarium and the Kiwara savanna.
- The situation comes during a broader H5N1 wave in Germany, where about 400,000 poultry were culled by late October according to the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut.