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...Percentage of American poultry eaters who say they would stop eating fowl if bird...
...first day they were a little bit stressed. They're eating very well, and Thor, the one who talks, said, 'Good morning,' straight away." DERRICK COYLE, Raven Master at the Tower of London, where fears of bird flu forced the famous birds to be moved indoors from the grassy inner courtyard...
...prophecy warned that if six ravens did not remain at the Tower of London at all times, a great tragedy would befall England. Tough days, then, for Baldrick, Branwen, Gwyllum, Hugine, Munin and Thor - the sextet normally roaming in the fortress grounds, now placed in aviaries. Still, the birds - and the nation - are safe for now. DUC CHICKEN France is Europe's biggest poultry-producing country - and its consumers are keen on organic and free-range produce. Or they were, before fears of avian flu cast a shadow. Duc, one of France's two publicly quoted poultry producers, is attaching...
...challenge. India's Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss has quarantined the area in the district of Nandurbar and dispatched medical teams to cull up to half a million chickens from around 16 farms. Other flocks on nearby farms are being vaccinated. Ramadoss has also sent a million doses of H5N1 bird vaccine to Nandurbar. But despite his assurances that "people need no panic, the situation is under control," Indian newspapers on Monday published pictures showing some farmers participating in the cull wearing no protective clothing, and reported that others refused to allow their animals to be killed until they were compensated...
...Some suspect bird flu has been in India for a while, but merely gone undetected. Indeed Maharashtra's Animal Husbandry Minister himself suggested the outbreak began in mid-January. "As they died, truck drivers just dumped them on the highways," says Anees Ahmed. "The damage would have been less if we had been informed on time, but we were not kept in the picture." Nor does India's record on dampening the spread of other diseases inspire confidence. While some southern states, which are generally richer and have better healthcare, have won commendation from health experts for their efforts...