Bird Flu

[anonymous-user]

Just when you thought it was safe, this is on the horizon.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55201167

Bird flu: All captive birds in Britain to be kept indoors amid outbreak

[Muddle238]

Sorted.

[frisbee]

Is there a parrot version of Boris Johnson? He could give an inspiring speech or two, maybe flanked by a few owls.

[king arthur]

I can forsee problems if they need to bring in social distancing for hens.

[frisbee]

ThatGuyWhoDoesStuff said:

Thankfully this is a lower severity bird flu, which is particularly lethal to birds but not humans.

If something like the H5N1 variant ever mutates into human to human transmission we’ll be well on our way towards global catastrophe.

COVID-19 times a thousand? Jesus, that's 19,000!

[vdn]

Animals aren’t meant to be kept in such close quarters. Nature seems to have a way of pointing this out over and over ... but it’s ignored. Modern farming practices and an increase in intensive farming all point toward more issues down the line. There’s been a few already.

[anonymous-user]

vdn said:

Animals aren’t meant to be kept in such close quarters. Nature seems to have a way of pointing this out over and over ... but it’s ignored. Modern farming practices and an increase in intensive farming all point toward more issues down the line. There’s been a few already.

Can't argue with this. Unfortutely the worst of capitalism. i think animal standards should be much higher, even if it costs more.

[Alucidnation]

We were going to have a nice roast chicken on Sunday.