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ORLANDO, Fla. – The public is no longer allowed to feed the swans at Lake Eola in downtown Orlando.<\/p>\n
The city has implemented a “no-feeding” policy that went into effect March 18.\u00a0<\/p>\n
CLICK TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX LOCAL APP<\/a><\/p>\n What we know:<\/p>\n The policy is part of an effort to safeguard animal health and “support the natural diet” of the swans, officials said.<\/p>\n Coin-operated, public bird feeders have also been removed to “reduce the number of birds that congregate and could potentially spread the flu,” according to city officials.<\/p>\n “While we’ve been informed that the flu has dissipated during this season, we want to ensure that any future issues are better mitigated,” a city spokesperson said in a release.<\/p>\n The swans will continue to be fed by floating feeders around the lake.<\/p>\n Signs with the new rules are being placed around the park.<\/p>\n SIGN-UP FOR FOX 35’S BREAKING NEWS, DAILY NEWS NEWSLETTERS<\/a><\/p>\n The change comes after dozens of swans at the lake died late last year and earlier this year due to an avian flu outbreak<\/a>.<\/p>\n The city started taking precautions to prevent the spread, including disinfecting multiple surfaces around the park.<\/p>\n “While we’ve been informed that the flu has dissipated during this season, we want to ensure that any future issues are better mitigated,” a city spokesperson said.<\/p>\n The Families, Parks and Recreation Department is currently drafting updated procedures and protocols for the care of the swans, according to city officials.\u00a0<\/p>\n The proposal is expected to be presented to city leaders in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n The Source: This story was written with information released by the city of Orlando and from previous FOX 35 reporting.\u00a0<\/p>\n Orlando News<\/a>Orange County News<\/a>Wild Nature<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. – The public is no longer allowed to feed the swans at Lake Eola in downtown…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":209316,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[47,115,1335,139,141,140,554,628,14992],"class_list":["post-209315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-fl","tag-news","tag-orange-county","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-science","tag-us","tag-wild-nature"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}