would you give up to keep your cats and dogs because of bird flu?

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openacc.net - 02 Mar 2006 16:41 GMT

I have read this terrible news

"The deadly strain of bird flu has been found in a cat in Germany,
officials said Tuesday, the first time the virus has been identified in
an animal other than a bird in central Europe."

Would you give up to keep cats and dogs because of bird flu?

Please expose your thoughts

http://polls.openacc.com/UserPoll/webmasterWould%20you%20give%20up%20to%20keep%2
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pah41071@yahoo.com - 02 Mar 2006 18:25 GMT

The infected cat was an indoor-outdoor cat who most likely ate dead
(infected) birds. Bird flu has been found in cats (also large cats)
which ate infected animals in Asia for many years. It has not been
proved to be transmissible to dogs. It has also not been transmitted
from cats to humans.

The question may pose itself for owners of indoor-outdoor cats in areas
where the virus has been proven to exist, whether to keep their cats
inside.

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Mathew Kagis - 02 Mar 2006 18:48 GMT

> I have read this terrible news
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> Please expose your thoughts

http://polls.openacc.com/UserPoll/webmasterWould%20you%20give%20up%20to%20keep%2
0your%20dogs%20and%20cats%20because%20of%20Bird%20Flu.php

No chance... That would be like giving away your sick children so you
didd'nt catch whatever they had...
Take your vitamins, try some immune boosting herbs & prepare for a really
nast version of the common cold...

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Butler to 3 cats: Chablis, Muscat & Sage
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LMR - 02 Mar 2006 20:07 GMT

>Would you give up to keep cats and dogs because of bird flu?
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>Please expose your thoughts

NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS.

LMR

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Margarita Salt - 02 Mar 2006 19:43 GMT

LMR via CatKB.com <u18214@uwe> wrote in rec.pets.cats.health+behav:

>>Would you give up to keep cats and dogs because of bird flu?
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> LMR

Ditto

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Margarita Salt

"...practically no one in the world is entirely bad or
entirely good... motives are often more important than
actions." -- Eleanore Roosevelt

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Matthew AKA NMR ( NO MORE RETAIL ) - 02 Mar 2006 20:38 GMT

I think I can answer for almost everyone no F@cking Way

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