Friday, October 21, 2005
Carrier Pigeons
Anyone who's turned on the news at all today probably knows that three pigeons in Melbourne that were imported from Canada tested positive to bird flu antibodies.
Not the actual flu, just the antibodies...
I feel sorry for the pigeons. They've had a flu, or been exposed to one, and gotten over it (little feathery battlers, they are). Just when they think that they have triumphed over adversity, they're shipped to Australia and then "euthanased".
Apparently there are 15 types of bird flu, and only one of them is a possible threat to humans. I note that the media has yet to say which type of flu these poor pigeons had antibodies for. It's much more fun to scare people!
Not the actual flu, just the antibodies...
I feel sorry for the pigeons. They've had a flu, or been exposed to one, and gotten over it (little feathery battlers, they are). Just when they think that they have triumphed over adversity, they're shipped to Australia and then "euthanased".
Apparently there are 15 types of bird flu, and only one of them is a possible threat to humans. I note that the media has yet to say which type of flu these poor pigeons had antibodies for. It's much more fun to scare people!
// posted by Cass @ 9:36 AM 
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I believe those pigeons were actually exported for eating purposes anyway. So at least they get furnaced instead of eaten.
I think. I could be wrong.
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I think. I could be wrong.
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