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    Not recommended by any international organizations. (Fla1) NOTE: PLEASE SEE LAST POST FOR CLARIFICATION (Feb 14)




    Frontier Soldiers To Shoot On Birds Crossing Border

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    • From: Sebouh Z Tashjian <sebouhz_tashjian@yahoo.com.au></sebouhz_tashjian@yahoo.com.au>
    • Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:01:03 +0400 (AMT)
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    FRONTIER SOLDIERS TO SHOOT ON BIRDS CROSSING BORDER

    Panorama.am
    18:38 11/02/2008

    Strict control is conducted in all borderline areas of the republic
    in order to avoid bird flue, agriculture ministry food safety and
    veterinary state inspection head, Grisha Baghyan, told Panorama.am.

    After several reports on bird flue in Turkey and Georgia, the control
    has become stricter, Baghyan said. "In the course of three years the
    check points have always been under control. However, the recent cases
    of bird flue reported in Turkey made us to make the control stricter
    and to engage in preventive works," inspection head said.

    In his words, the frontier soldiers are assigned to shoot on birds crossing
    the border.


    However, the expert believes the danger of bird flue is
    increasing in Armenia connected with bird migration.


    The expert also said everything is done to avoid the infection.


    Last edited by sharon sanders; February 14, 2008, 10:05 AM. Reason: added note at top

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    Re: Armenia - Frontier Soldiers To Shoot On Birds Crossing Border

    That's a bit confusing.

    Are they shooting on the flying birds, birds walking on the ground or those being carried across by humans?
    The salvage of human life ought to be placed above barter and exchange ~ Louis Harris, 1918

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      Re: Armenia - Frontier Soldiers To Shoot On Birds Crossing Border

      That's an rustical example of how will go things if we proclamed wild birds the main spreaders - instead of spend money and shielded the poultry (family backyard, and industrial) flocks, they will try to exterminate the wild birds.

      There are no necessity to exterminate the wild birds, it's un-ethical, impossible to gain positive effects from such an act, and un-necessary.

      What is necessary is to force the comunity to shield poultry, ensure bio-security measures, and left the wild birds without interfering, with an additional ban on bird hunting.

      Shooting the birds will only spread further the illness by other vectors who will eat the meat.
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      "In his words, the frontier soldiers are assigned to shoot on birds crossing the border.
      (HE MEANS AIR TRESSPASSING)
      However, the expert believes the danger of bird flue is increasing in Armenia connected with bird migration.
      The expert also said everything is done to avoid the infection."

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      • #4
        Re: Armenia - Frontier Soldiers To Shoot On Birds Crossing Border

        Clarification -



        BIRD FLUE: FRONTIER SOLDIERS HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY TO FIRE ON BIRDS

        Panorama.am
        19:30 12/02/2008

        "No one has the right to assign the frontier soldiers on the Turkish
        border to shoot on birds crossing the border," National Security
        Service told Panorama.am.

        Panorama.am again talked to Grisha Baghyan, food safety and veterinary
        state inspection head at the ministry of agriculture. The latter
        further explained that an arrangement is made with Andranik Asatryan,
        veterinary service head of the frontier forces, to "make control
        stricter by the veterinary service."

        "By saying stricter control we mean that the veterinary service of the
        frontier forces will help us, in particular, by providing information
        on dead birds or sending them to laboratory for studies," Baghyan said.

        Speaking about shootings on the birds, the inspection head said that
        they will shoot not to kill birds but to frighten them. Moreover,
        during bird migration a monitoring will be conducted, bird blood will
        be tested to identify those that carry infection.




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        • #5
          Re: Armenia - Frontier Soldiers To Shoot On Birds Crossing Border

          That's good they clarified that. Seems like in these times, any shooting being done at borders is not a good idea, even between the friendly countries.
          The salvage of human life ought to be placed above barter and exchange ~ Louis Harris, 1918

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