Keep Children Away From Dead Birds
Posted by Cottontimer on 10 Jan 2006 | Tagged as: Health, Kids, News and Current Events
Villages in Turkey along the path of migratory birds have been affected by outbreaks of bird flu infecting children. Two siblings have already died and five more have been infected.
The outbreaks in Turkey are linked to the close interaction between humans and animals, which must be minimized, Guenael Rodier, a senior World Health Organization official for communicable diseases, said. “The front line between children and animals, particularly backyard poultry, is too large,” he said.
The problem was highlighted during efforts to destroy sick fowl, children would join in, chasing chickens, geese or ducks with their bare hands.
An 8-year-old girl hospitalized in Van apparently contracted the virus by hugging and kissing dead chickens.
I’m glad we never went to the zoo in Saigon.
Forbes.com, January 9, 2006
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A good idea no matter what the situation I would think. Not like I pull over to pick up road kill as surrogate night snugglys for my kids or anything. But hey, that’s just me. I guess it makes me culturally insensitive or something.
mdmhvonpa: You just don’t know the meaning of recycling.
But, seriously, these are people in remote villages whose animals play a huge part in their lies. It’s such a sad situation.
Really, we are a little nervous about our backyard flock of chickens, but we never see them when they die–they are almost always killed and hauled off by coyotes. But still, the subject has come up several times now at home, and we are preparing to have to get rid of them. Sad. Several of them are pets who will jump into your arms.
We don’t have poultry, but we do have an outdoor cat who occasionally leaves us gifts- often furred but sometimes feathered. I’ve always used the “scoop up with a shovel” method of carcass disposal, and loads of bleach. Birds have so many little critters on them anyway, without the added concern of flu germs..
I’m still shuddering at the thought of my kids hugging and kissing dead animals of any sort. just. ewwwww.
Christina: Awww. I know you’re an animal loves. Sorry to hear you might have to give up having chickens.
Deb: Our cat once brought a LIVE mouse to us. We let her in and she started playing with the mouse in our living room