Bird flu hits UK poultry farm

**JarBax** · #1 02-04-07, 03:49 am

Up to 160,000 turkey will be culled at a UK Bernard Matthews poultry farm, as the deadly H5N1 strain of the avian flu has been found.

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**daftscotslass** · #2 02-04-07, 03:58 am

Oh fantastic. Now we await the inevitable unnecessary "just in case" culling of birds across the country, dumping of pet birds and poisoning of garden birds!

**FoolOnTheHill** · #3 02-04-07, 05:13 am

160,000 turkeys on ONE farm?! Must be a factory farm

**Pepper&Beauty** · #4 02-04-07, 09:05 am

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Originally Posted by daftscotslass

Oh fantastic. Now we await the inevitable unnecessary "just in case" culling of birds across the country, dumping of pet birds and poisoning of garden birds!

Exactly. We are not doing that to our babies 'just in case'

I mentioned that to mum and dad, FoolOnTheHill, it's so sad.

**piggly wiggly** · #5 02-04-07, 09:57 am

I seen that on the news, wow. Can't they just test the birds somehow to see if the rest of them have it? So sad.

spice_the_aby · #6 02-06-07, 02:53 pm

i'm very close to there , in the restriction zone :S

**Savvy Cavy** · #7 02-06-07, 03:06 pm

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Originally Posted by FoolOnTheHill

160,000 turkeys on ONE farm?! Must be a factory farm

It was a Bernard Matthews farm, so that makes sense.

**ellenvega** · #8 02-06-07, 03:14 pm

I hope this doesn't spread and you guys don't have to kill your chickens.

You would have no choice, right? Just like the hoof and mouth disease outbreak.

**MCR_Rox** · #9 02-09-07, 06:57 pm

I found an article on CNN:

South Korea, Hong Kong*join*UK poultry ban - CNN.com

If it ever got to the US, would all birds have to be killed? I hope not.

I wonder if they know that viruses are unkillable, and are non-living.

**MCR_Rox** · #10 02-09-07, 07:10 pm

It won't let me edit my post. I found another link on CNN:

UK races to halt killer bird flu - CNN.com

**callykins** · #11 03-17-07, 07:37 pm

I watched it on the news, it was awful one of the barn doors was pulled open and there where so many of the poor things crammed in. -cries-

**littlebear** · #12 03-19-07, 02:14 am

I truly do agree that killing 160,000 turkys is very sad, but it becomes neccacary when a pandemic such as the H5N1 strain could be just around the corner. Causing hundreds of thousands of deaths in the international communitie. landhermie if the avian flu does come to the United States most likley birds at select locations would be killed and many areas of the United States most likley would sucumb to government quarintine.

**Terekins** · #13 03-19-07, 06:15 am

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Originally Posted by littlebear

I truly do agree that killing 160,000 turkys is very sad, but it becomes neccacary when a pandemic such as the H5N1 strain could be just around the corner. Causing hundreds of thousands of deaths in the international communitie. landhermie if the avian flu does come to the United States most likley birds at select locations would be killed and many areas of the United States most likley would sucumb to government quarintine.

It's only necessary because of factory farming/intensive rearing and human consumption of animals. In reality, if we had just left them alone in the first place, this would not be necessary. It's OUR fault.

**MCR_Rox** · #14 03-19-07, 06:19 pm

Will pet birds even have to be destroyed or quarantined? I doubt my budgie would come in contact with bird flu.

**caribear** · #15 03-19-07, 10:21 pm

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Originally Posted by littlebear

I truly do agree that killing 160,000 turkys is very sad, but it becomes neccacary when a pandemic such as the H5N1 strain could be just around the corner. Causing hundreds of thousands of deaths in the international communitie. landhermie if the avian flu does come to the United States most likley birds at select locations would be killed and many areas of the United States most likley would sucumb to government quarintine.

I agree with you. Keeping people safe & alive is top priority. If I thought my children would be harmed by this, I would kill whatever need be to protect them if no one else would. Those turkeys were going to be killed for someone to eat anyway.

The thought of a pandemic is extremely scary for me, especially with my family.

**JarBax** · #16 03-20-07, 11:18 am

I wholeheartedly agree with Terekins on this.

**muffin** · #17 03-21-07, 01:23 pm

Those turkeys will die sooner or later to be eaten, they live in disgusting dark, cramped and smelly conditions. In some ways it's a mercy to end their lives sooner, but I just hope it will be done in a humane way. I think I recall that there were concerns about the virus being spread beyond the farm because seagulls had been eating dead turkeys left in open waste bins as part of normal practice. Nice job once again humans.

There was a lot of worry at a past finding of bird flu that pet cats and dogs in the restriction zone might carry the virus around if they came in contact with infected birds, but I don't know how accurate this is.

Thank you Terekins for this useful post, says:
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