So close to us and yet so far

[chani]

Cats can catch the bird flu, just like human beings (while dogs seemingly can't)...They had already their own AIDS, the FIV, and now this. They die from H5N1 virus infection in about 6 days.

We definitely have many curses in common!

Meanwhile the chikungunya fever spreads itself in La Réunion.

Can you tell I'm in a dark mood tonight?

Comments

[candlelightfrot.livejournal.com]

Yeah.... it does effect birds, more often the larger ones like crows and also especially raptors. We lost a pair of great horned owls two years ago to West Nile. One would hunt in the front yard and its mate would hunt in the back. I think the red-tail hawk population has been down because of it, but this winter we've had a pair of red-tails hanging around the lawn in front of the house. Maybe they're keeping our mouse population down, like the wild cat we have hunting in the back yard.