Teletext on Saturday morning page 321 carried a story exactly the same as the Sun,pigeons can contract the H5N1 strain,i was shocked here was a source of information being passed on to joe public stating pigeons are now carriers of avain flu.this article has disappeared from teletex itv and i am surprised well am i that the pigeon is now being hounded by men of science who are giving out unsupportive information about our pigeons being carriers,Dr Bob McCracken(or is it Phil) is as much an expert as the regular readers to these postings Bruno and co. The day they prove that our pigeons are carriers of this virus then thats the day we stop raceing for good,the amount of unemployment it will cause i am not sure of but it will also call me old fashioned but does the RSPB not breed and release perigrines and sparrowhawks as well as kites and harriers these are the type of bird they should be looking at to formulate a plan for there eradication due to the facts they do eat other species.Where are our leaders,it would appear they are not worried about this piece of junk written by junk newspapers,but why can't they get tv or paper coverage to inform people we are no danger to anyone regarding avian flu?.