In a worrying development amid the current global coronavirus pandemic, authorities have confirmed a case of avian influenza, or bird flu, in a farm in Saxony, Germany.
According to the Saxon State Ministry of Social Affairs and Consumer Protection, the outbreak of avian influenza virus H5N8 occurred on a small poultry farm in Bad Lausick. Sadly, thousands of chickens were killed as a result, and a restricted radius was set up around the farm.
This is the most recent in a number of increasingly alarming bird flu cases throughout Europe, with Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia having all experienced outbreaks in the past few months.
While the virus tends to only affect chickens, turkeys, ducks and other birds, there have been cases of these animals transmitting the bird flu to humans. When this happens, the diseases are called zoonotic and have the potential to kill people.
Like the coronavirus, another zoonotic disease, avian influenza is a greater risk to humans due to the cramped conditions, neglect, overuse of antibiotics on livestock and general poor animal welfare seen in the meat and dairy industries.
Other diseases linked to the meat and dairy industries include swine flu, methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), salmonella and more.
If the world doesn’t soon recognize the threat that the brutal animal agriculture industry poses to human health, the chances of these pandemics continuing to occur skyrockets and millions of people could die.
By adopting a plant-based diet, we can save the lives of billions of animals, help our own health and protect the environment.
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Bird Flu?
Has Big Bird self quarantined?
Here we go again. Respect animals! You have them imprisoned.
People who are tourtuering these poor animials will be punished sooner or later as well as the people who think it’s funny. Animals are Heaven bound because they have suffered enough on earth. Humans who are mistreating animal’s will not be protected from their CRIMES.
Factory farming is a cesspool of virus just waiting to be awaken. When greed, corruption and indifference are ruling the world, then the world become the virus. And the animals become the true humanity.
Factory farming is a cesspool of virus just waiting to be awaken. When greed, corruption and indifference are ruling the world, then the world become the virus. And the animals become the true humanity.
I am not surprised at all. These poor animals suffer like most people don’t realize. While such cruelty continues we will have more virus’s and more deaths until we are all dead !
Sounds like Germany reacted in an intelligent manner, unlike most of the world.
Ban this in all countries if we can’t keep dogs like this in theses conditions, why should we keep theses animals in theses conditions too.
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please please people….GO VEGAN!!!
exactly!!
Humans are the cause of so much suffering in this world!!
Humans are the cause of so much suffering in this world!!
no one is saying this whole thing is the earth’s screaming for a wake up call
if we do not go VEGAN we will not survive ….