Bird flu is continuing to spread in New York City despite the state’s temporary live market shut down in February — and activists want a total closure of the slaughter houses.
At least 4,180 Big Apple birds intended to be sold were found to be infected with the highly contagious virus since March 1, according to data from the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service .
The outbreaks were found in live markets with over 1,000 birds in the Bronx and Queens, as well as smaller flocks in Brooklyn and Staten Island. Eleven outbreaks at live markets have been reported in the last eight weeks, or since Feb. 12 – with seven of those markets in Queens.
“These are supposed to be the conditions that have been improved after the governor[‘s] shutdown? This is absolute insanity,” Edita Birnkrant, executive director for animal activist group NYCLASS, told The Post…