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Calliope

Calliope

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Dusty, a pet Kelpie of the Fearans of Mt Alford is on death row. Although he is quite fit, it was his bad luck to contract the Hendra virus, probably from the horses who contracted it from the fruit bats.

Dusty on death row.

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The only ones to come out unscathed in this continuing saga are the fruit bats. Men have died, horses have died or been put down and now family pets are in danger.

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/...deadly-bat-virus/story-e6freon6-1226102349590
 
Yes, it's awful news. The kelpie is only two years old and not sick at this stage.
What a heartbreak for the family.

Let's not worry that horses, people and now a dog will die. Just as long as we protect the filthy bloody bats!
 
Premier Bligh said;

"We must put human health and safety ahead of this dog's life."

And of course we must put the health and safety of the fruit bats above the lives of men, horses and dogs.
 
Dusty laid down his life in order that fruit bats may live.

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Liz and Neil Fearon decided to put down their dog Dusty after he tested positive to Hendra virus antibodies. Picture: Mark Calleja.
 
What a heartbreak for the family who have already lost three horses. A two year old dog with no sign of being actually sick.
 
Did they shoot the dog yet? crazy to let it live a nano second if there was any chance it had Hendra....I think the authority's in general (certainly the Veterinary profession) is vastly underestimating the potential risks associated with Hendra.

Hendra has very serious, Australia specific, black swan disaster potential. :2twocents
 
Calliope said:
Premier Bligh said;

"We must put human health and safety ahead of this dog's life."

And of course we must put the health and safety of the fruit bats above the lives of men [sic] (people), horses and dogs.
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So_Cynical said:
Did they shoot the dog yet? crazy to let it live a nano second if there was any chance it had Hendra....I think the authority's in general (certainly the Veterinary profession) is vastly underestimating the potential risks associated with Hendra.

Hendra has very serious, Australia specific, black swan disaster potential. :2twocents
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I absolutely agree.

There is something insane in the logic of some in the bureaucracy.

They totally ban many imports because of fear of importing exocitic disease, that have economic, but most have no effect let alone fatal human or animal life threatening consequences, they destroy whole citrus crops (ie Emerald) because of an imported disease.

Meanwhile, the tassie devil faces extinction because of a local facial tumor desease, (not human life threatening) so they spent big money developing an isolated breeding program to develop new bloodlines free from the disease and as I understand euthanizing at least some contaminated animals to help eradicate the disease.

Are the flying foxes facing destinction... hardly, almost everyone seems to be affected by them or at least can find some pretty quickly.

If they are so scarce and important to the Aus landscape and economy, where is the research and programs a-la the Tassie devil!?

Cull the colonies where the virus is high and increasing (as the research has shown) and maintain smaller more sustainable disease free colonies.
 
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