(33 quotes found)
“Like an immense flock of chattering birds observing precise migratory habits, every Wednesday, just a few minutes before noon, they swoop down upon the midtown area.”
Deirdre Carmody
“Migratory birds are the main distributors on the international scale and there is no way to stop them. Locally, migratory fowl and the trade in live and recently dead poultry keep it in circulation, too.”
Bob Dietz
“As long as we're dealing only with migratory birds being found here and there, I don't think it's a big deal, frankly. The big issue is if we start to have domestic poultry infected. Then it would start to be a problem ... a higher risk for transmission to humans.”
Dr. Guenael Rodier
“The virus has spread from Asia to Turkey, to Ukraine previously, through migratory birds. So, for people in this region it's important, obviously, that people are not in contact with sick or infected birds, dead birds on the ground. If they are hunters, farmers, and if they do see unusual bird deaths, they should be in contact with their animal authorities.”
Christine McNab
“Now that we have evidence of H5N1 in Europe, we need to look at the potential for infected migratory birds to come down from northern Europe.”
Christopher Brand
“Local reservoirs and wetlands are both suitable for migratory birds. The bordering sea and abundant ponds within the province have increased the possibility of contact of local birds with the migratory birds.”
Zhou Liyuan
“We have received sporadic reports of dead wild birds, but no report of bird flu outbreak among migratory birds across the country since last fall.”
Zhuo Rongsheng
“[The region where the Turkish outbreak occurred also serves as a waypoint for migratory birds. Authorities have warned for months that the deadly strain of avian flu might be heading this way, after outbreaks were confirmed in Siberia, other Asian parts of Russia and Kazakhstan over the past year. Officials from the Romanian Directorate of Veterinary Sanitation were already screening farms in the Danube delta when two sick domestic geese and a chicken were discovered in this village, and tested positive for bird flu antibodies on Oct. 7.] The government responded very quickly, ... Within an hour we had a meeting, set up a command center and took action.”
Zeno
“Sea turtles are very global, very migratory. They utilize habitat in many locations. This proves that we should have people working to protect coastal areas in general, not just the sub-tropical nesting areas of sea turtles.”
Dan Evans
“I think it's poorly located and will be a blight on the landscape. It's in a major migratory path (for birds) … there are good and bad places for this (project), and this is a bad place.”
Walt Kittelberger
