2,000 Geese Fall Dead Mid-Air in Idaho
2,000 Geese Fall Dead Mid-Air in Idaho – Idaho wildlife officials have retrieved 2,000 dead snow geese that fell from the sky this week.
The birds, whose carcasses were collected over the weekend, appear to have died of avian cholera, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game said Tuesday. Steve Schmidt, a regional supervisor said that “The migratory birds were on the return leg of their migration from the southwestern United States and Mexico to their breeding grounds on the northern coast of Alaska.”
The geese died near Dubois, Terreton and Roberts — all in the eastern part of the state. It’s unclear where the geese picked the bacteria from, but authorities are scrambling to ensure that other birds don’t feed on the carcasses and spread the disease. Also known as fowl cholera, it affects domestic fowl, water fowl, and other avian species. The sudden and unexpected disease is often the first sign of the disease.
Humans are not considered at high risk of getting the disease, according to US health officials.
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