BIRD FLU IN FIFE

[dandydoo]

Its not always 'bout knowing, if the Scot Exec say Birds to be kept in well thats it ...doesnt matter what Union ur in. It may be stupid but it was a Government directive and there was no choice. Now that we have a bit of slack we should prove to the authorities that we r handling this sensibly and can be trusted. Like we know Pigeons are low risk an that its not in the food chain etc etc so i guess we have to grin n bear it and be nice  grrrrr

[Guest]

The thing is though Fifer, is there anyone that really knows what is going on, there is many that think they do. No point in worrying about something we cannot control.

 

Bruno - could you clarify what you mean about the Cumbrian Fed

 

Cheers

 

Chris

 

Understand Forth Bridges club is affiliated to Cumbria Fed, Chris.

 

Falkirk Council wouldn't have knocked out the whole of any of the Feds (or even the whole of some  Clubs) mentioned, only those fanciers within the Council's boundaries -like me for example!

[Chris Little]

Thanks Bruno

 

The Forth Bridges club will be affiliated to the RPRA Cumbria Region and not a specific Cumbrian federation.

 

Cheers

 

Chris

[Guest]

COULD ANY ONE IN FIFE TELL ME IF THE BAN ON TRAINING HAS BEEN LIFTED?

[dandydoo]

The Ban is still in place the only slack we got was to let them out for exercise...still no gatherings meetings training etc ..... Same reason as your YB sale at Pinkertons is cancelled

[Guest]

DANDYDOO  WHAT ABOUT THE BIRDS I GOT FOR THE SALE.CAN WE HAVE A RAFFLE OR SOMETHING TO RAISE MONEY FOR YOUR CLUB  

[THE FIFER]

yeh u could be right chris.

[Guest]

so therse some fife fed members just doing what they want.

[dandydoo]

Report ALL WHO ARE DOING OR IT WILL KNACKER RACING FOR ALL OF US. IF YOU DONT WANT TO OR ARE SCARED PM ME AND I WILL

[Jazza]

hey guy wen u guy get to train da birds in scotland fife. how many days you guy got ta wait man till guverment say it ok

[Guest]

DA   GET TO DA TRAIN DA BIRDS ON  DA 6TH OF MAY MAN   :D DA CANT WAIT MAN BUT DA GOT TOO

[dandydoo]

Rose/Jazza

From Midnight on the 6th as far as we know ......assuming no more incidents

[Guest]

              HEY DANDY ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT  :-/

[square_peg]

YEAH THATS WHAT WE WERE TOLD AT A MEETING ON MONDAY EVENING

 

ALL SYSTEMS GO ON SUNDAY 7TH     ANYBODY BEEN TOLD DIFFERENT

[Guest]

YEAH THATS WHAT WE WERE TOLD AT A MEETING ON MONDAY EVENING

 

ALL SYSTEMS GO ON SUNDAY 7TH     ANYBODY BEEN TOLD DIFFERENT

 

Would check the source because the information given out at the news conference on 8th April was different:-

 

Snippet on BBC News24 today, following news conference in Perth:

 

Should there be no further instances of H5N1 found within the quarantine zone from 30 days following the find of the dead infected swan on 31st March, then the current zones (and their restrictions) will be ended.

 

Now I reckoned going by that the restrictions ended at the end of April. I know the order was signed 5/6th April, but strange how 30 days was linked to the find, rather than the signing, at the 8th April conference?

[square_peg]

AGREED BRUNO   BUT WE WERE TOLD THIS BY OUR FED PRESIDENT  SO WE GO WITH WHAT WE ARE TOLD    

AS PRESIDENT OF MY CLUB I ALLWAYS MAKE SURE OF MY FACTS   SO I TAKE WHAT HE SAYS AS FACT     HIS INFO CAME FROM DEFRA ( I THINK)

 

ANY OTHER FEDS IN THE ZONE BEEN TOLD WHEN TO START TRAINING

[Guest]

                        BEST THING TO DO IS ASK THE SHU    

[dandydoo]

Once again DEFRA/SEX etc give out conflicting info ...depends where you source it ..i too thought the end of April then I worked 30 Days onto 5/6 ?????????????????

[cemetary]

LOOKING AT THE FORUM, LOOKS LIKE FIFE-KING HAS WENT QUIET WHEN HE WAS ASKED TO NAME AND SHAME THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO BE TRAINING THE BIRDS, WELL WHO ARE THEY AND WHERE ARE THEY FROM, WHAT AREA, HE ALSO MENTIONED FIE FED MEMBERS, WELL THEN FIFE-KING WHATS THE STORY THEN..............MAYBE ITS ABOUT TIME THAT CERTAIN PEOPLE ON THE FORUM THINK ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE WRITING ABOUT BEFORE SOMEONE FROM THE OUT-SIDE WORLD GETS HOLD OF INFORMATION THAT COULD MAKE IT WORSE RATHER THAN BETTER.

 

DANDYDOO I DONT THINK ITS UP TO YOU TO FIND OUT AND REPORT, LET FIFE-KING DOO THE REPORTING AS HE WAS THE ONE WHO HAS BROUGHT THIS TO THE ATTENTION OF THE FORUM MEMBERS, AND WHO ELSE HAS ACCESS TO A PC THAT HAS NOTHING TO DOO WITH RACING PIGEONS, FIFE-KING YOU SHOULD EITHER REPORT THESE MEMBERS TO THE SECRETARY OF THE FED, OR EVEN BETTER GET IN TOUCH WITH THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING WHAT YOU SAY AND EXPLAIN TO THEM IF THEY DONT ALREADY NO THE POSITION FOR NO TRAINING AS YET, UNTIL WE GET THE GREEN LIGHT.

 

 

[big_al]

CHECK   TELE   TEX    BBC   163    

[Guest TAMMY_1]

WELL SAID CEMETARY.

[Guest]

BBC NEWS

 

Bird flu restrictions to be ended

 

The bird flu restrictions put in place after the discovery of a dead swan at Cellardyke in Fife are to be lifted.

 

Scotland's First Minister Jack McConnell told parliament that the immediate 3km (1.9mls) protection zone will be removed 22nd April

 

The wider 10km (6.2mls) surveillance zone will be lifted 1st May

 

Mr McConnell praised the work of vets and other officials who, he said, reacted quickly and efficiently to what could have been a serious outbreak

 

Brilliant news, but odd no mention on the Wild Bird Zone?

[tam pepper]

 

 

              does quickly and efficienltlymean birds lying for a week ,because they could not be retrieved from the water as there was no boat , this happened on loch leven, and up north , i distinctly remember a gamekeeper on the tv , about the lengh of time a swan lay dead in a loch ,

jack mc connel is trying to make the lib. lab coalition look good , and we all now they a load of crap ,if they got this this crisis right it will be a first , more hot air i suspect .

 

                                               tam pepper

[big_al]

TAKEN FROM THE SUN NEWSPAPER :

 

SCIENTISTS claim to have discovered a soap which can kill bird flu virus.

They say no germs handwash destroys 99.8% of bugs , including the H5N1 strain of avian flu.

Experts warn that bird flu can enter the body through hand to mouth contact.

The soap, made in the UK by London based Advanced Formulations, was tested at the University of London.

Bird Flu is threatening the start of the pigeon racing season in Scotland.

Thousands of birds have been confined too cages since the H5N1 virus was found in a swan in Cellardyke , Fife , 2 weeks ago. The whole county had been declared a " Wild bird risk area "

[denner]

hello all my first post so here goes

 

I emailed the scottish executive early today for a date of the possible ending of the current zones and this was there reply

 

 

                         Thursday, 20 April, 2006

 

EASING OF AVIAN INFLUENZA RESTRICTIONS

 

Subject to no further cases of High Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 being found, the Scottish Executive is working on the following assumption:

 

The Wild Bird Protection Zone put in place on 5 April following confirmation of highly pathogenic H5 Avian Influenza in a Whooper swan in Cellardyke harbour will be lifted at 00.01 on 22 April.  This is 21 full days after samples were taken from the wild swan.

 

The Wild Bird Protection Zone will then become part of the Wild Bird Surveillance Zone.  Restrictions on the movement of poultry and other captive birds remain in force but controls on movement of poultry products within this area will cease.

 

Following completion of a programme of veterinary inspections, with negative results, of all premises with poultry in the Wild Bird Surveillance Zone and taking account of epidemiological advice, restrictions imposed in this zone, will be lifted at 00.01 on 1 May.

 

It is intended that the Wild Bird Risk Area (east of the M90/A90 stretching from the Forth Bridge to Stonehaven) will lapse at the same time as the Wild Bird Surveillance Zone on 1 May subject to a veterinary risk assessment.

 

NOTES TO NEWS EDITORS

 

1.     The Wild Bird Protection Zone covers an area of 3 km radius from the site where the dead swan was found.  The Wild Bird Surveillance Zone covers an area of 10 km radius from the site where the dead swan was found.

 

2.     The Wild Bird Protection and Surveillance Zones were made under the Avian Influenza (H5N1 in Wild Birds) (Scotland) Order 2006.

 

3.     The Wild Bird Risk Area was made under the Avian Influenza (Preventative Measures) (Scotland) Regulations.

 

 

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