Published Date:
31 March 2006
As bird flu approaches our shores, national campaign group Animal Aid fears an irrational killing spree will unfold.
We have written to Defra demanding a clear statement setting out which animals will be killed, under what circumstances and by what method, in an attempt to control the disease.
With another potentially devastating disease – in the form of avian flu – app-roaching, it is vital that we avoid a repetition of the brutal foot and mouth fiasco in 2001.
Avian flu is a disease of the intensive poultry industry. It is a result of the pitiless conditions in which poultry are reared that diseases such as bird flu develop and spread.
The only way to avoid similar diseases from occurring, prevent animals from suffering and protect our health, is to put an end to such exploitation.
Kelly Slade,
Campaigns officer.
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