LOS ANGELES county CA under bird quarantine :(

[BreanneRN]

Then what the hell are they hoping to accomplish by depopulating all of these birds?

I think most of the CDFA people sit in offices drinking their own Kool-aid, believing their rhetoric, and are glad to be "contributing to the solution to the problem" by "depopulation". They are most likely not made aware of what really goes on in the field until it inconveniently shows up on TV and embarrasses them. It is information that they didn't want to know, is my guess... And, since they don't know any other way to address the problem (and aren't looking for any outside the box), they will try to keep their heads buried in the sand for as long as possible.

 

[SurferchickinSB]

Then what the hell are they hoping to accomplish by depopulating all of these birds?

Nothing, that’s how government operates.

 

[SurferchickinSB]

They also have been just dumping the bodies in public dumps without any bags or anything...the complete disregard for any bio security if the situation is as serious as they say is just outrageous

Yeah, next thing you know it will be rampant in the seagull population, since they seem to hang out at the dump and eat all the rubbish. Then they will fly to the ocean and infect all the pigeons, cormorants, herons, pelicans, ducks, geese, etc. etc.

 

[BreanneRN]

I have here a link from City News, from last October with explanations regarding this continuing outbreak and the new law in LA county regarding limits to numbers of roosters per property which went into effect last year... https://www.citywatchla.com/index.p...y-bird-virus-spur-rooster-limits-in-la-county

 

[Animalfisherwoman]

Then what the hell are they hoping to accomplish by depopulating all of these birds?

They think that eradicating every chicken in the euth zones will make the disease go away. It is a simplistic policy. The unannounced breaches of property, their refusal to keep kill appointments from those consenting, the stomping of live poultry underfoot, the dumping of untested birds in regular trash bags at the dump, the abysmal trekking of contaminants house to house by cdfa workers, etc. has left the community scared, outraged and feeling a lack of governmental control.

They think they have a solution, but in carrying it out, they're ensuring more people will run with their birds or hide them. More people in the q zone won't be complying with building roofed coops and runs with the ideal concrete flooring--not cheap--when they see their compliance rewarded with a kill order. In short, they are doing everything possible to yield a false end to the quarantine...by spreading the problem.

 

[Animalfisherwoman]

In a rural area 20 minutes outside of Riverside, CA, a woman who's been sitting outside for three weeks in her front yard, waiting for for CDFA to reschedule finally had them show up. With cops, and with a warrant, despite the fact that she'd consented. She is, however, home to make sure they don't cut locks to her property.

This time, fb live is not enough. Men in biohazard suits leaned over her makeshift crate, removed her autistic child's pet hens, put them in the garbage can, and turned the gas on.

She and her neighbors can only look on from under a tarp, now bedraggled, already fading, under which they have gathered to support her for the past 19 days. It ends with the birds in a double-wrapped black trash bag, hauled like any municipal waste to the dump.

Almost immediately, there's another alert from nearby. These homeowners, a couple, have decided not to sign. This time, six cops show up along with the white-jumpsuited kill squad unannounced.

The woman, about 70, faints in her driveway.

A portly CDFA supervisor leans down by her. So do the cops. Her friends are entreating them to call 911, to go to the hospital. Time slows, with each minute elongating languidly into what feels like an hour, before Cal Fire paramedics show up. The woman has recovered enough to stand. She declines to have them take her to the hospital. She just wants to go inside.

Her husband, a retired cop himself, has words with CHP and CDFA outside. Civil words. The words out of his mouth were, "I plead the Fifth."

CDFA decides to come back later at an unannounced time. The six cops, none wearing biohaz booties, depart.

The new USDA-APHIS table is released. From May 10-14, eight new detections have been reported--eight in Riverside County, two in LA County, which would have passed 120 days of no detections in June. The USDA epidemiological models predicted that if the disease went back into LA, the disease would be persistent.

It would be easier on the homeowners to believe them. To take their word for it. But they've been in the middle of these 30-depopulation/day zones for a month. They've seen the ripped hazmat suits, the CDFA workers tromping from property to property without changing booties, the regular black-bag disposals at the dump. They have allowed testing, they have cemented their yards for roofed coop runs costing thousands of dollars, they have cooped their chickens, they have put them in the front yard. These are the people who haven't run. They aren't everyone.

Picture this happening to your neighborhood, especially if you are in California.

Video of the livestream archives may be viewed here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/SOBSaveOurBirds

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

That’s so sad! My heart truly goes out to you guys in California.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

My friend in the USDA is still in California. I will try to talk with her on the phone, but she is quite busy.

 

[Kathy Golla]

Thanks for offering..@Brahma Chicken5000 Id want to know if they are doing this depopulation why the cases have increased. One would expect the opposite. People moving birds because of panic? Whats the USDAs plan b for this?
The depopulation optics are only going to last so long before people start asking really hard questions.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

All very valid points. People will wisen up and start moving there birds to safe locations to avoid this hassle. I’m interested in why biosecurity is lacking and why protocols aren’t being followed.