A dozen swans have died at Lake Eola in the past week, leaving Orlando officials fearing another outbreak of bird flu at the city\u2019s signature park.<\/p>\n
City Commissioner Patty Sheehan posted on Facebook that two dead swans were found on Dec. 23, with the number growing to 12 by Sunday. Due to the holidays the city\u2019s specialized veterinarians weren\u2019t available, Sheehan said, but the deceased swans are being stored in a secure area so necropsies can be performed.<\/p>\n
Prior to the recent deaths, the swan population at the park was estimated to be between 50 and 60.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is likely this could be another Avian Flu outbreak, similar to what happened in February of 2024. We can\u2019t be certain until tests are completed,\u201d she said. \u201cWe do not believe the deaths are suspicious. The deceased birds will be examined as soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the 2024 outbreak, four of the park\u2019s swans were killed by the virus, along with dozens of other birds who were at the park.<\/p>\n
At the time, warning signs were posted at the park warning people to avoid direct contact with the birds, as as well as advising them to remove and clean their shoes when they get home.<\/p>\n
Ultimately, the virus seemed to dissipate after about a month.<\/p>\n
This is a developing story, please check back for updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A dozen swans have died at Lake Eola in the past week, leaving Orlando officials fearing another outbreak…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":98835,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[1563,28,114,266,115,1335,139,141,140,109],"class_list":{"0":"post-98834","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-orlando","8":"tag-environment","9":"tag-florida","10":"tag-latest-headlines","11":"tag-local-news","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-orange-county","14":"tag-orlando","15":"tag-orlando-headlines","16":"tag-orlando-news","17":"tag-social"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98834","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=98834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98834\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}