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Hong Kong slaughters all poultry in prevention of Bird Flu
by JeffHuang | June 11, 2008 at 06:18 pm | 341 views | 6 comments
241 people has died from bird flu outbreaks around the world. The killing of all poultry is a prevention of an outbreak that could mutate into a easily transmistted person to person virus.
Hong Kong has ordered the slaughter of all poultry in the city's markets and shops, after an outbreak of bird flu was detected in markets last week.
The director of Hong Kong's agriculture, fisheries and conservation department said Wednesday the order affects about 470 shops, and that an estimated 3,500 birds will be killed.
Poultry on farms is not expected to be affected by the culls.
Hong Kong was the scene of the first known human infections with bird flu in 1997. Six people died in that outbreak.
The World Health Organization says bird flu has killed 241 people around the world since a second outbreak started in 2003.
Experts fear the virus could mutate into a form easily transmitted from person to person, creating a pandemic.
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June 11, 2008 at 06:18 pm by JeffHuang, 341 views, 6 comments
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Comments (6)
at 18:41 on June 11th, 2008
JeffHuang, I like this story, but it's sad...
at 20:41 on June 11th, 2008
JeffHuang, I like this story. It's good stuff. Very sad.
at 02:20 on June 12th, 2008
JeffHuang, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 09:18 on June 12th, 2008
I walked in Soho HK and suddenly saw about 20 people in most white and some blue suits entering a poultry shop 'Sun Kee Poultry'. They took out all the chickens, killed them one-by-one and put them in a can which contained white desinfective powder. It took them about half an hour to complete their job.
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at 10:11 on June 12th, 2008
JeffHuang, I like this story. It's good stuff. I remember when it happened in Thailand- it was brutal for the farmers, and even more so for the chickens.
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anewsocialcontractat 01:02 on June 14th, 2008
I took this photo at Jack Darling Park on Lake Ontario, in Mississauga, Ontario. The bird was just like this, with the piece of plastic debris stating "MADE IN CANADA" underneath it.
I took the photograph because the bird looks so tragic. Another reason this photograph is important, is because the text on the garbage beneath it makes me think of our national, and therefore collective responsibility for suffering of this bird and other non-human animals. This death and suffering is directly related to the side effects of our economic system and the factory farming it promotes.
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