Sat, 17 Sep 2005

Call It Poultry Flu

Here's an interesting re-take on the spread of the avian flu (specifically the H5N1 variant). Perhaps migratory birds are the culprits in it's spread after all - it would be just like agribusiness to seek to place the blame elsewhere.

Volumes have already been written about this virulent strain that has led to the culling of entire populations of poultry livestock in Asia. This is not the place to reiterate what has already been explained so well in so many places. Rather, my interest is in seeing both the scientific and the birding communities join together to make sure that the public response to this pandemic is appropriate and focused in the right place.

(link) [10,000 Birds]

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