Tuesday, September 12, 2006

INDONESIA WILL USE MILITARY TO ENFORCE CULLS OF INFECTED BIRDS & FOWL

Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla said force should be appplied to cull bird-flu infected fowl in order to prevent the spread of the virus effectively.

The VP said local authorities could use the Law on Prevention of Contagious Diseases in forcing people to surrender their fowls to be culled.

He said the government was mobilizing military personnel in bird flu prone areas in the country to cull fowls by force if breeders whose birds were infected with the bird flu virus refused to give up their fowls.

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