AnimalNet March 12/07 -- II

Fearing fresh bird flu outbreak, India bans poultry imports

Cash announced to help Alta. cattle industry meet new mad cow rules

Sharpshooters used in bovine tuberculosis outbreak

Vietnam PM orders action against illegal tiger farms

FTC asked to pursue retailers of dog fur

Fearing fresh bird flu outbreak, India bans poultry imports

13.mar.07

The Economic Times

NEW DELHI -- Fearing fresh outbreaks of the deadly bird flu, India today was cited as banning import of live poultry and poultry products from the countries where Avian Influenza has been reported. The ban, notified by the Director General of Foreign Trade, would cover import of live chicks, ducks, turkey and other newly hatched Avian species apart from meat and meat products from Avian species including wild birds.

Cash announced to help Alta. cattle industry meet new mad cow rules

12.mar.07

CP Wire

EDMONTON -- Alberta's beef industry is, according to this story, getting a $40-million boost to get ready for new feed regulations designed to help prevent mad cow disease. The funding from Ottawa and the province will help companies comply with the rules, which will ban certain animal tissues from being used in all animal feeds, pet foods and fertilizers. Such material includes brains, eyes, tonsils and spinal cords of cattle under 30 months.

It also includes parts of the small intestine in all cattle.

The new rules take effect on July 12, 2007.

Sharpshooters used in bovine tuberculosis outbreak

13.mar.07

wcco.com (MN) http://wcco.com/local/local_story_072090333.html Skime, Minn. -- Federal sharpshooters have, according to this story, killed about 225 whitetails in the last three weeks in an effort to measure and control an outbreak of bovine tuberculosis in the area.

Michelle Powell, wildlife health program coordinator for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, was cited as saying it will take about three months to find out whether the tissue from any of the deer tested positive for TB.

Conway Marvin, who owns land near Skime, was quoted as saying, "Heaven forbid if it ends up being an epidemic of TB up here. It will impact our economy. Thousands of jobs up here depend on that time of year."

Seven wild deer -- two during the 2005 hunting season and five during last fall's season -- were found to be infected with the disease. Officials believe it came into the state through cattle, and contact between cattle and deer can spread it to the deer population.

Vietnam PM orders action against illegal tiger farms

13.mar.07

Agence France Presse

HANOI -- Vietnam's prime minister has, according to a statement on the government's website, ordered authorities to take action against illegal tiger farms that have 37 of the endangered animals. The tigers are being kept in cages on farms in three locations in Binh Duong province near the southern business hub of Ho Chi Minh City, said the statement from Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. The origin of the tigers was unclear, said an official at the provincial forest rangers' department who asked not to be named.

FTC asked to pursue retailers of dog fur

12.mar.07

AP

WASHINGTON -- The Humane Society of the United States will, according to this story, ask the Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday to fine high-end retailers and designers of clothing that contains mislabeled fur from dogs, wolves and raccoon dogs. The group also would like inventories seized and perhaps charges filed. Michael Markarian, the executive vice president of the Humane Society, was quoted as saying, "Consumers have a right to know what they are purchasing. If they are truly getting a type of dog fur, they should be outraged."

The documents filed with the FTC name designers Andrew Marc and Michael Kors, among others. Many major department stores, including Barneys New York, Macy's, Dillard's, J.C. Penney, and Neiman Marcus also were cited.

The petition stems from a Humane Society investigation that turned

up products that were made with fur from dogs, wolves or raccoon

dogs, a species found mainly in Asia, that were sold as either fake

fur or other types of fur in violation of the Federal Fur Products

Labeling Act.

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