Russian zoo closes after two geese found dead
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One of Russia's main zoos  has closed down after the deaths of two geese sparked a bird  flu scare, but a local health expert ruled this out as the  cause of their deaths.
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BANGKOK - Avian influenza has killed 23 tigers and sickened 30 more at a private zoo in eastern Thailand, Thai officials said on Tuesday.
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Eighteen endangered young whooping cranes that were led from Wisconsin to Florida last fall to create a second migratory flock of the birds were killed in Friday's violent storms, a spokesman said yesterday.
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Two endangered Siberian tiger cubs are found dead at a Chinese zoo after an adult female is killed and beheaded.
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MOSCOW (CP) - One of the oldest Canadian-owned businesses in Russia, Moscow's Aerostar Hotel, has been shut down and its Canadian manager ejected by private guards working for a junior Russian partner.
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An abrupt end to an osprey breeding season and bad weather are affecting a centre's visitor numbers.
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Poultry farms around Moscow were under tight control on Saturday when two cases of bird flu near the capital were confirmed as being the deadly H5N1 strain.
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Lab test confirmed that 23 tigers in a private zoo in eastern Thailand have died of infecting with avian influenza virus, officials said here on Tuesday.
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Russia and Japan banned British poultry imports as Britain neared the end of a cull of 160,000 turkeys after the nation's first outbreak of a deadly strain of bird flu in farmed poultry.
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  MILWAUKEE  All 18 endangered young whooping cranes that were led south from Wisconsin last fall as part of a project to create a second migratory flock of the birds were killed in storms in Florida, a spokesman said.
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Tests were being carried out on poultry found dead in several new areas in suburban Moscow to determine whether the birds had died of the same H5N1 bird flu strain that has affected birds in other areas on the outskirts of the Russian capital, officials said Tuesday.
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The death has prompted officials to change the habitats of some zoo animals.
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A Hong Kong theme park is to shut its aviaries for three weeks following the discovery of a wild heron suspected of dying from bird flu.
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By James A. Carlson  MILWAUKEE - All 18 endangered young whooping cranes that were led south from Wisconsin last fall as part of a project to create a second migratory flock of the birds were killed in storms in Florida, a spokesman said.
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About 50 tigers are put down in a Thai zoo after showing symptoms of bird flu, taking the death toll past 80.
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The operation to end the school hostage crisis in Russia is over but more than 200 people have died after troops stormed the building.
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A Russian official reported a fourth outbreak of dead domestic poultry in a suburban Moscow district Sunday as experts tightened quarantines following confirmation of the presence of the H5N1 bird flu strain.