SOB save our birds

[Animalfisherwoman]

Don't they have a State Vet there, that can be contacted, and correcting some of this? Many states do.

The state vet, Annette Jones, is the one that ordered the euths. Kerri states that Jones promised her nothing would be done over the weekend.

 

[getaclue]

Oops, yes I did read that. Brain Fart.

 

[Animalfisherwoman]

I found this 12/2018 study regarding VND in California:
https://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_h...s-vnd-in-backyard-birds-in-california-dec.pdf


One finding: The disease takes less than a day to present and about five days of illness followed by death or recovery. The USDA explicitly states that a recovered chicken is no longer infectious.
Questions:

1) Is viral shedding present on either recovered chickens or exposed/nonsymptomatic chickens?

2) What is the virulence? Meaning, upon exposure to an infected chicken, what percentage of chickens will get sick? In human measles, 18 of 20 unvaccinated people contract it on exposure, so the virulence is 90.

 

[HenOnAJuneBug]

The state vet, Annette Jones, is the one that ordered the euths. Kerri states that Jones promised her nothing would be done over the weekend.

That vet would probably have someone arrested and charged with animal abuse for the slightest cause, yet she orders this documented heinous animal abuse. There needs to be accountability.

 

[Animalfisherwoman]

From another contributor to the SOB page:

*I am afraid to leave my house
*I am afraid to come back
*I panic when I hear voices outside
*I panic when cars stop outside
*I panic when I hear my one of my girls clucking in her pen
*I cry when I hear my rooster crow
*I cry when they look at me
*My heart sinks when I see any of my healthy birds who have only known kindness and trust us with their lives.
*I cry knowing that soon they will be terrified and confused as they are brutally and inhumanely killed.
*I struggle to sleep as in my mind the killers are terrorizing and murdering my birds.
*I wake feeling sick and depressed knowing this is what evil is coming for them.
*I struggle to keep my mind straight at work, and make stupid mistakes. My boss looks at me just as helpless and assures me she will pray and light a candle at church for me and my birds.

How is this right? That they can terrorize us like this?!?

 

[getaclue]

California department of food and Agriculture (CDFA) and United States Department of Agriculture (USDS) are both involved. Is it a case of one hand not knowing what the other is doing? Is it the CDFA calling for the depopulation of "contaminated" birds, while the USDS is the agency carrying out the actual depopulation, and going beyond what they're to do?

 

[clintbwell]

From another contributor to the SOB page:

*I am afraid to leave my house
*I am afraid to come back
*I panic when I hear voices outside
*I panic when cars stop outside
*I panic when I hear my one of my girls clucking in her pen
*I cry when I hear my rooster crow
*I cry when they look at me
*My heart sinks when I see any of my healthy birds who have only known kindness and trust us with their lives.
*I cry knowing that soon they will be terrified and confused as they are brutally and inhumanely killed.
*I struggle to sleep as in my mind the killers are terrorizing and murdering my birds.
*I wake feeling sick and depressed knowing this is what evil is coming for them.
*I struggle to keep my mind straight at work, and make stupid mistakes. My boss looks at me just as helpless and assures me she will pray and light a candle at church for me and my birds.

How is this right? That they can terrorize us like this?!?

This is truly sad, and breaks my heart for all involved, especially the children. I am new to this forum, and to this disease, that I don't know how long has been going around etc. But they has got to be a more caring and humane way of handling this situation. I pray for everyone of these people, as I know the love one can have for poultry pets.

 

[getaclue]

Even if they're not pets, it's still sad to see such senseless, inhumane slaughter of animals. It's even worse when they are healthy, and not a threat.

 

[danceswithronin]

From another contributor to the SOB page:

*I am afraid to leave my house
*I am afraid to come back
*I panic when I hear voices outside
*I panic when cars stop outside
*I panic when I hear my one of my girls clucking in her pen
*I cry when I hear my rooster crow
*I cry when they look at me
*My heart sinks when I see any of my healthy birds who have only known kindness and trust us with their lives.
*I cry knowing that soon they will be terrified and confused as they are brutally and inhumanely killed.
*I struggle to sleep as in my mind the killers are terrorizing and murdering my birds.
*I wake feeling sick and depressed knowing this is what evil is coming for them.
*I struggle to keep my mind straight at work, and make stupid mistakes. My boss looks at me just as helpless and assures me she will pray and light a candle at church for me and my birds.

How is this right? That they can terrorize us like this?!?

As a livestock guardian this is horrifying to read, frankly.

 

[clintbwell]

Just finished the entire video, i wish one of those horses would have hoof stomped a couple of those guys..