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Another concern with donated game meat, the Humane Society says, is the risk to human health. Unlike farm-raised meat, which undergoes a federal government-controlled inspection process before it can be sold, meat from wild animals may end up on a plate with little regulation - increasing the risk of contamination. "Because goose and deer and other suburban animals feed on lawns and flowers that are treated with pesticides, meat from those animals could be unfit for human consumption," Markarian says...
...virulent H5N1 strain of avian influenza has been confirmed as the source of a bird flu outbreak on an English farm...
...Thousands of birds are being slaughtered on a turkey farm in Suffolk, around 100 miles northeast of London, as officials work to contain the outbreak...
...farm, Redgrave Park, is a free-range facility situated near a wetlands that is a refuge for geese, ducks and other wild birds. These birds, along with some 3 million poultry on farms within 10 km of the outbreak, are currently under surveillance by vets from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), Britain's farm agency...
...Defra said initial sequencing of the strain of the virus on the Regrave Park Farm shows a close relationship to a strain that caused an outbreak in Bavaria, Germany, in August. This suggests that the virus was carried across the North Sea by migratory birds, although Defra said it is also investigating the possibility that it was brought over by humans, perhaps in infected turkey feed...