{"id":887504,"date":"2026-09-11T00:26:28","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T00:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/887504\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T00:26:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T00:26:28","slug":"sick-and-dead-birds-force-partial-lockdown-at-wynyard-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/887504\/","title":{"rendered":"Sick and dead birds force partial lockdown at Wynyard school"},"content":{"rendered":"

A suspected case of bird flu forced a \u201cpartial lockdown\u201d at a Wynyard school on Wednesday, with students pulled from play areas after a sick and a dead bird were found on the grounds.<\/p>\n

St Brigid\u2019s Catholic School contacted the Emergency Animal Disease Hotline and cordoned off the area as a precaution.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe currently have a bird onsite that appears to be unwell as well as a deceased bird,\u201d the school told parents in a notice.<\/p>\n

\u201cFollowing previously given advice, we went into a partial lockdown to remove our students from the play areas.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"St Brigid\u2019s Catholic School in Wynyard went into partial lockdown on Wednesday. Image \/ Supplied<\/p>\n

Pick-up arrangements were shifted to the church car park, with the front drop-off area closed to vehicles.<\/p>\n

A Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania spokesperson said the agency received a report of a dead bird at a school in the north-west on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\"\"A sick and a dead bird were found on the school grounds at Wynyard. Image \/ Supplied<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are working with the school to provide appropriate advice and support,\u201d the spokesperson told Pulse.<\/p>\n

The incident comes as H5 bird flu continues to spread across Tasmania, with 33 confirmed sites since the virus was first detected at Rocky Cape in mid-August.<\/p>\n

The department has also urged pet and domestic bird owners to voluntarily register where their birds are kept to strengthen the state\u2019s preparedness.<\/p>\n

State Controller Justin Helmich said the information would help Biosecurity Tasmania contact owners quickly if further detections occur.<\/p>\n

\"\"H5 bird flu was first detected at in Tasmania at Rocky Cape in mid-August. Image \/ Supplied<\/p>\n

\u201cH5 bird flu is present in Tasmania and we expect to see more detections in new areas of the state,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cProviding your details now will help us contact bird owners to provide important updates and practical advice about H5 bird flu and any measures that may affect bird owners in Tasmania.\u201d<\/p>\n

Commercial poultry producers do not need to participate.<\/p>\n

The virus has not been detected in any domestic or commercial poultry in Tasmania and chicken meat and eggs remain safe to eat.<\/p>\n

\"\"The Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania responded. Image \/ Supplied<\/p>\n

Anyone who sees sick or dead birds should avoid contact and call the Emergency Animal Disease Hotline on 1800 675 888.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A suspected case of bird flu forced a \u201cpartial lockdown\u201d at a Wynyard school on Wednesday, with students…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":887505,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[64,63,75,128],"class_list":["post-887504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/887504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=887504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/887504\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/887505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=887504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=887504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=887504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}