[Harry Lime]

Originally Posted by dissentowner

The source is from the farms FB page. Is it the most reliable source? No. Here is the big problem I have with this, the government has ordered the cull of these birds and refuses to test them to see if they are contagious. They claim it is too expensive to do so. The farm and outside supporters have offered to pay to have the testing done and the government had threatened them with charges and jail time if they do so. The farm has indicated if the birds are ordered to be destroyed by the courts they will do it themselves in a humane way but that is not acceptable either because if the CFIA does the cull the government is off the hook to compensate them for the birds. That is 3000 a bird so if they destroy this farms remaining that's a loss of $100,00. There is no reason whatsoever to stop testing these birds if the farm is footing the bill. I mean is it remotely realistic to think a disease that can wipe out half a flock in 48 hours because it kills birds so fast has not killed one bird from this flock in all this time? This isn't about avian flu at this point, it's political. Test the damn birds, if they are safe leave them alone. If there is any red flags then cull the here and properly compensate this farm.

Stop being reasonable.