Nearly a month after H5N1 swept through its enclosures and silenced its gates, Nepal's Central Zoo prepares to welcome visitors again — a quiet marker of recovery in a country that has long wrestled with the recurring presence of avian influenza. Environmental tests returned clean, officials convened, and the decision was made to reopen, even as investigations into how the outbreak was handled continue and three strains of the virus still circulate across eleven districts. The slowing of new cases offers cautious relief, but the deeper story is one Nepal knows well: the fragile negotiation bet
Nepal's Central Zoo Reopens After Bird Flu All-Clear
Dozens of captive birds killed in outbreak; 835,563 poultry culled across affected districts; Nepal recorded first human death from bird flu in 2019.