Cannibalism Behind Avian Flu?

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Controversy

Cannibalism behind avian flu

By Sandhya Jain

 

 

Though India was fortunate to escape the catastrophic consequences of mad cow

disease two years ago, it is undeniably in the grip of an avian flu epidemic in

Maharashtra and possibly Gujarat. We shall be lucky if the crisis does not

spread to other parts of the country. As the meat industry sends meat to

different parts of the country, besides exporting it, the economic dimensions of

the crisis are obvious. Within the country, most states have banned the entry of

poultry and poultry products from these two states. Several lakh birds have been

culled and buried by meat inspectors and the menace is far from over, with dead

birds reported from several countries and a worldwide alert sounded.

 

But the deeper dimension of the crisis is civilisational, and it would be a

mistake to ignore this aspect and treat the subject as a mere health issue best

left to meat inspectors. The crisis is the product of a soulless profit-driven

ideology called globalisation, which is unashamedly marketing inedible products

to dumb animals and innocent human beings alike, with little transparency, much

less accountability.

 

Unacceptable atrocities are being committed upon helpless living animals in the

name of efficiency and productivity, the international standards of which are

set by the Western world. A powerful propaganda machinery ensures the muzzling

of other voices and cultural practices, and the entire international community

finds itself hostage to horrendous diseases and consequences. Through all this

misery, an agitated poultry farmer pointed out, Western multinationals make

money—by selling medicines, vaccines and processed meat.

 

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it is simply a fact of nature that our domestic animals share some diseases with us.

flue, pneumonia and TBC are shared with birds and split-hoofed animals.

plague is shared with rats, pigs and cattle.

diarrhoea is shared with alll domestic animals.

no mutations, no 'species jumping', simply sharing some diseases, because of 1000's of years close proximity.