Animal transports banned in German region after foot and mouth disease detected

People in protective clothing walk through a farm in Hoppegarten, Germany (Sebastian Gollnow/dpa/AP)

Animal transports were banned in a state surrounding Berlin on Saturday, and the capital’s two zoos closed as a precaution, after foot and mouth disease was detected in a buffalo herd just outside the city.

It is Germany’s first outbreak for more than 35 years.