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Rare Birds Threat in Cape May, N.J. In most other cities, cats killing birds would not attract much attention. But this is not most other cities. So far this year in New Jersey, cats are the prime suspects in the deaths of three endangered birds, including plovers. With only 115 pairs of piping plovers left in the state, each death is a big deal to environmentalists. Experts confirm Asian bird flu outbreak Norfolk Eastern Daily Press, UK 03 February 2008 18:42 UK Government scientists have confirmed that the potentially deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu found at an East Anglian poultry farm after 2000 turkeys died is the highly pathogenic Asian strain. Deadly H5N1 may be brewing in cats New Scientist 24 Jan. 2007 Bird flu hasn't gone away. The discovery, announced last week, that the H5N1 bird flu virus is widespread in cats in locations across Indonesia has refocused attention on the danger that the deadly virus could be mutating into a form that can infect humans far more easily. Study: Flu Could Kill Millions December 21, 2006 11:11 p.m. EST Komfie Manalo - All Headline News Correspondent Cambridge, MA (AHN) - A study made by researchers from Harvard University said that a global flu pandemic could kill 62 million as they warn of a repeat of the 1918 pandemic which claimed the lives of over 50 million. Bird flu Bird Flu strikes in Scotland April 6, 2006 LONDON: The lethal H5N1 strain of bird flu has been found in a Mute swan found dead in a small Scottish coastal town last week, Britain's Sky television reported yesterday, quoting sources. See article |