Bird flu kills 23 tigers at Thai zoo
A Thai tiger zoo housing hundreds of the big cats was shut down yesterday as bird flu tests confirmed 23 tigers had died of the virus and another 30 had fallen ill.
The director of Thailand's bird flu taskforce, Charal Trinvuthipong, said a second round of bird flu tests had left no doubt that the tigers had been infected by the deadly virus.
"A second test conducted at the National Animal Health Institute today found bird flu in the samples," Charal told AFP.
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