H5N1 Bird Flu Outbreak Kills Dozens of Zoo Tigers in Southern Vietnam; Staff Tests Negative

More than a dozen tigers have been incinerated after they contracted bird flu at a zoo, according to state media VNExpress. Local news quoted a caretaker at Vuon Xoai Zoo in Bien Hoa City saying the animals were fed with raw chicken bought from nearby farms. A panther and 20 tigers, including several cubs, weighed between 10kg and 120kg when they died. Health authorities said samples taken from the tigers tested positive for H5N1 - the virus that causes bird flu. Read on to know more.