In response to the significant increase in findings of avian influenza in kept and wild birds, in addition to the national AIPZ, mandatory housing measures to protect poultry & captive birds has now come into force in:
- Cheshire – added
- City of Kingston Upon Hull
- Herefordshire – added
- The East Riding of Yorkshire
- Lancashire – added
- Lincolnshire
- Merseyside – added
- Norfolk
- North Yorkshire
- An area in Shropshire
- Suffolk
- Worcestershire – added
- York.
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It is now a legal requirement for all bird keepers who fall in the above listed areas to
house their birds in addition to following stringent biosecurity measures.
If keepers fall into a Protection Zone outside of these areas, they must also house their birds.
The AIPZ mandating enhanced biosecurity measures remains in place across GB.
