About 40 burros dead from equine flu in Riverside County
Nearly 40 burros, or wild donkeys , have died from an equine influenza outbreak in Riverside County, the county's Department of Animal Services sai...
Nearly 40 burros, or wild donkeys , have died from an equine influenza outbreak in Riverside County, the county's Department of Animal Services said Friday, Oct. 30. The deaths, first seen in mid-October, occurred mostly in the Reche Canyon area, near Moreno Valley and Colton. About six deaths occurred in Moreno Valley, in the foothills along Pigeon Pass Road, Heacock Street/Reche Vista Drive and Redlands Boulevard, a county news release states. Most of the deaths are young burros, said John Welsh, spokesman for the Department of Animal Services.