In the province of Arezzo, in the locality of Monte San Savino, a death of doves has been occurring for some weeks due to the spread of an infection.
“The municipal administration informs the citizens that, for some weeks now, in our municipality in the locality of huts, there has been a death of turtledoves caused by“ avian pseudopest or Newcastle disease ”.
In reassuring the population that the event is not particularly dangerous for human health and other animal species, collaboration is requested to try to contain the spread of the infection. Birds found dead, in public or private land, can be removed with the simple use of disposable gloves.
Anyone who finds the aforementioned dead birds, in order to avoid dispersion in unsuitable places, is invited to place them in the appropriate container. provided with a lid and adequately marked, which the municipality has made available in the locality of Capanne, in the vicinity of the houses where the most significant finds were found.
The competent authorities (Ausl 8 Arezzo and the provincial administration) have scheduled for today, December 15, 2011, a planned thinning of infected specimens. The collected carcasses will be disposed of through thermal destruction by a specific authorized company.
Source: Municipality of Monte San Savino