Bird Flu

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A bird virus has struck into the equine world, this could be the end of our four legged friends.............




























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Queenie is taking the risk seriously and is caging her birds! :o


The Tower of London has decided to keep its famous ravens indoors to protect them from bird flu.
Special aviaries have been created for the six birds within one of the towers of the fortress on the Thames.

Legend has it the Tower of London will collapse and the kingdom will fall if all the ravens leave.

The Tower ravens - named Branwen, Hugine, Munin, Gwyllum, Thor and Baldrick - are said to be getting used to their new surroundings.

The Tower's Yeoman raven master, Derrick Coyle, said: "Although we don't like having to bring the Tower ravens inside, we believe it is the safest thing to do for their own protection, given the speed that the virus is moving across Europe.

"We are taking advice on the vaccinations against avian flu, and in the meantime, we will continue to give our six ravens as much care and attention as they need."

EU farm ministers are meeting in Brussels to discuss the spread of the virus, which has now reached France.

UK ministers said it was still not necessary to lock up Britain's 20m free-range poultry, despite some experts backing it.

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I am surprised no one has raised up the SARS epidemic of 2003. We all saw what happened on a global scale when that disease spread like wildfire and killed many people across the world.

5 years later, it is now practically unheard of. There are still of course the isolated incidents, but it is not what it was like 5 years back.
 
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