| Re: Bird Flu in the UK
When you think about the world trade in animals most people associate it with people in the Far East buying tigers, rhinos, elephants etc to grind down their bones for use in medicines and soups.
The fact is that the UK is a massive importer of exotic wild birds with over a million legal trades each year and many more illegal trades on top. As far as I know, we top the world league tables. The EU imports more than 50% of all trades worldwide and the UK imports more than all other EU countries put together.
As it looks like today's news of bird flu may have been brought here via an imported exotic bird, it'll no-doubt shed new light on the topic and highlight some facts that the UK will find very embarassing. |