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Bird flu 'not caused by birds'
11/01/2006 07:53 - (SA)
Brussels - Migratory birds have been wrongly blamed for bringing avian flu to Turkey, a Belgian organisation said on Tuesday, linking the spread of the virus instead to a key trade route.
"All the evidence shows that they (migrating birds) have nothing to do with it," the Belgian League for the Protection of Birds said in a statement.
"No birds migrate from China to Europe. On the other hand, the path follows the main trade route between the Far East and Europe, which more or less corresponds to the Orient Express railway line," the league said.
"So it seems clear that it is human activities that are behind the spread" of the virus, the statement said.
"No (migratory) bird caught by hunters or scientists has been shown to carry the (bird flu) virus," it added.
- AFP
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