{"id":951,"date":"2025-04-02T02:31:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T02:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/951\/"},"modified":"2025-04-02T02:31:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T02:31:09","slug":"dogs-at-risk-as-wiltshire-council-confirm-dead-seagull-had-bird-flu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/951\/","title":{"rendered":"Dogs at risk as Wiltshire Council confirm dead seagull had bird flu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Dogs are at risk as Wiltshire Council confirms that a dead seagull had bird flu.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An investigation revealed that a herring gull tested positive for the HN51 strain of avian influenza after its body was found in Devizes.<\/p>\n<p>Local dog wardens have been out putting up posters \u2013 which warn of bird flu \u2013 along the Kennet and Avon Canal and at The Crammer.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Wiltshire Council warned that dogs, and other mammals, are at risk from catching the infectious disease.<\/p>\n<p>They said:\u00a0\u201cFollowing a confirmed positive case of HN51 Avian Influenza by the Animal and Plant Health Agency in a deceased herring gull in Devizes, our dog wardens will be putting posters up around the crammer and along the canal to remind the public to remain vigilant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAvian influenza virus can infect mammals including dogs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf your pet is sick, tell your vet if it has been in contact with wild birds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029Va8T5SPHAdNZfJVtfH0s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to join our WhatsApp Channel<\/a>\u00a0and get breaking news sent directly to your mobile \u2013\u00a0don\u2019t forget to turn on notifications by clicking the bell icon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Click a topic to read more stories like this:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dogs are at risk as Wiltshire Council confirms that a dead seagull had bird flu. An investigation revealed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":952,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[689,690,105,691,14,16,15,692],"class_list":{"0":"post-951","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health","8":"tag-devizes","9":"tag-dogs","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-pets-and-animals","12":"tag-top-stories","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-wiltshire-council"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114266025752843530","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}