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<p>Managing the risk of avian influenza transmission is an operational matter for
The Royal Parks, which is following instructions issued by the Animal Plant and Health
Agency.</p><p>The captive bird collection of pelicans in St James’s Park has been
moved indoors and The Royal Parks’ staff and wildlife officers are carrying out enhanced
monitoring of the park waterbodies to check for signs of illness and to ensure that,
should there be any, carcasses are removed immediately.</p><p>Additional signs have
been installed in all the parks in areas where public feeding of birds is popular,
instructing visitors not to feed the birds as this causes populations of waterfowl
to group together and increases the risk of transmission.</p><p> </p>
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