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  • Nepal: Crows and pigeon deaths reported in Bhaktapur- Not tested for H5N1

    Source: http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/ful...&NewsID=391059

    Terror grips Bhaktapur folk as birds drop dead
    No need to conduct avian flu tests: Official
    Added At: 2013-09-16 11:17 PM
    Last Updated At: 2013-09-16 11:17 PM
    ISHWORKAJI KHAIJU

    BHAKRTAPUR: Bird flu fear has gripped Bhaktapur people, again. The ominous signs started haunting the locals after crows and pigeons on flight dropped dead at Chnwaga Ganesh of Bhaktapur Municipality-17.

    The Bhaktapur Bird Flu Control Section has asked locals to bury dead pigeons and crows well, without bothering to conduct avian influenza tests on the samples.

    Who will be responsible if they catch ?bird flu? after burying the birds? This is the question local people like Tulasha Shrestha are asking.

    Shrestha says the section?s instruction to locals ? to bury the birds on their own ? has terrified the locals further. According to Shrestha, a crow dropped dead in front of her house yesterday evening. She says pigeons have died in her neighbour Indrabhakta Rajlabat?s house...
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