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Tyumn, Russia: 13,549 birds shot, zero H5N1 cases
« on: Jun 8th, 2006, 4:38pm » |
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There have been plenty of reports from Russia of areas planning to kill and scare wild birds as supposed H5N1 preventive measures.
now, some results in
FAO should shoulder considerable blame here. So too even some "conservation" organisations; and "conservationists" who have willingly accepted funding for H5N1 study without trying to push true situation, even spouting nonsense re wild birds readily spreading this virus (Examining resident magpies in US, for goodness sake.)
[don't know just what usual hunters' toll would be in the region; but here, seems specifically for H5N1 "control"]
"Preventive"/"Diagnostic" Shooting
On May 31, 2006 the press office of the Rosselkhoznadzor (Russian
Agriculture Oversight Agency) office for Tyumen Province and the
Yamalo-Nenets and Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Districts (in western Siberia)
announced that the shooting of wild birds in Tyumen Province had been
halted and all the special team members had surrendered their permits.
During the campaign to shoot wild birds flying over the province, 962
teams of hunters shot a total of 13,549 birds, including 6,879 that were
destroyed and disposed of and 113 that were sent to Rosselkhoznadzor for
testing. As of 31 May, no cases of avian flu had been reported in the
territory. According to a Rosselkhoznadzor spokesperson, specialists
from the provincial wildlife management department planned to continue
monitoring the avian flu situation in the province.
source: RIA Novosti (Novosti Russian News Agency), May 31, 2006.
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