@delisha: I think you need to read the actual change.org petition; I didn't read the newspaper article, the news is full of tripe anyway....
From the change.org site:
This is an aggregation of people, not 'one emotional person' --- and it sounds justified and justifiable to me, especially considering the disease in question does NOT justify culling these birds.
I did not sign it.
I saw no copy of reports and have nothing to base my decision on. The report is one sided and an emotional plea from one person. Bringing birds into a different country could prove to be detrimental when they have tested positive for any type of disease. I would like to see documentation and testing results and hear the other side first.
From the change.org site:
This is the first importation of Rare Poultry in 60 years and is required to ensure the preservation of these types of birds for future generations. Whilst the last thing the Importation Syndicate wants is to bring in any form of disease. The decision to destroy all birds for one chick which died of salmonella in the first week (this is already in Australia), whilst subsequent testing of birds since has proven negative. We feel the Syndicate made up of Poultry Fanciers across Australia, deserve the opportunity to seek to save the birds they have waited so long for.
Stay of destruction of Rare Breed Poultry on 16th July 2013. Please give the Poultry Syndicate the opportunity to prove, that these birds, do not pose a disease risk.
This is an aggregation of people, not 'one emotional person' --- and it sounds justified and justifiable to me, especially considering the disease in question does NOT justify culling these birds.