Ecuador's Galapagos National Park (PNG) on Tuesday said that three birds had died of avian flu, prompting officials to activate biosecurity measures to reduce the risk of the virus spreading across the archipelago. - REUTERS
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00:40 It is regrettable news since our birds are endemic.
00:43 We are keeping constant monitoring at the sites
00:45 where visibly affected birds have been detected.
00:48 The first measure is to close down these sites to visitors.
00:50 Obviously, we need to act as Galapagos National Park Rangers,
00:54 monitoring each site, carrying out surveillance on each site
00:57 and taking measures according to the protocol we have.
01:00 Our biggest concern is focused on our penguins,
01:04 cormorants and albatross populations.
01:07 They are endemic birds, very susceptible to any climate change effects,
01:10 food scarcity and even more with disease.
01:13 Then we are focusing on our efforts to monitor the population status
01:16 and health of these three species and all of the bird species.
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