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One more dead White-rumped Munia with H5 白腰文鳥再驗出H5禽流

One more dead White-rumped Munia with H5 白腰文鳥再驗出H5禽流

20/1/07 明報 Mingpao

Another dead White-rumped Munia with the H5 virus was found at 101-109 Boundary Street on 16/1/07.  HF Cheung, chairman of HKBWS, has been warning that more cases are expected if the import of munias was not banned temporarily.


白腰文鳥再驗出H5禽流

【明報專訊】再有白腰文鳥死屍被驗出帶有H5禽流感病毒,疫鳥伏屍處為旺角界限街聖羅撒幼稚園和國際創價學會文化會館對開路段,觀鳥會主席張浩輝連日警告當局,再不暫停俗稱「觀音鳥」、用作放生的文鳥進口,禽流鳥恐陸續增多,本月至今累積禽流野鳥總數已超過去年1月整個月的數量,更全在市區發現。

漁護署昨晚公布,他們在本月16日經市民轉介,在旺角界限街101至109號檢獲一隻白腰文鳥屍體,經初步化驗後,該鳥對H5禽流感病毒呈陽性反應。由於白腰文鳥屬市面有售的「放生雀」,加上旺角區的雀鳥花園是寵物鳥集散地,漁護署人員昨亦在有關店舖巡查,未發現供售賣的雀鳥有異常情况。

漁護署早前發現銅鑼灣禮頓道的斑文鳥、石硤尾健康院後山的鳳頭鷹、新蒲崗的相思和深水埗麗安邨的家鴉屍體,均帶有H5禽流感病毒。

深水埗麗安邨昨晨亦有工人,集中在邨內公園水池和大樹附近進行消毒清潔,房屋署副房屋事務經理王正明說,自從實施多項驅趕家鴉的措施後,近期聚集的家鴉最多只有20多隻,較去年過百隻大幅減少。

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14:46 20/1/07 明報網上即時新聞 Instant news from Mingpao website

York Chow, Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food, commented while the import of pet birds could be controlled via liaison with mainland China, the influx of wild birds is hard to control.  He said that the number of positive cases was low (only 5 positive cases among 1000 birds tested in the month) but the situation would be closely monitored.  He also remarked that it would be difficult to speculate where the dead munias came from because they could be from the wild or released from homes.


周一嶽:野鳥入境難控制

衛生福利及食物局長周一嶽表示,觀賞鳥方面本港已和內地溝通,確保由註冊場輸入,但野鳥則難控制。

他說,就觀賞鳥的入口,港府已和內地作溝通,確保我們的觀賞鳥是從指定註冊場輸入。該兩個場亦具有監控的制度,確保雀鳥是健康才輸港。香港售賣雀鳥,特別是雀仔街附近的商舖,在這方面也很注意衛生和觀察雀鳥的健康情況。

至於野鳥則是很難控制的,因為野鳥不會因是邊境而不過境,在香港發現的野鳥,往往是在附近的地區飛來飛去,所以當局不容易在這方面控制。如果當局陸續觀察情況,會知道情況是否惡化。

他指,當局今個月驗了一千多隻雀,只發覺五隻帶有H5N1病毒,這個數字不是太高,但當局會密切注意。

對於屬觀賞鳥的白腰文鳥染有病毒,周一嶽指漁護署會看該雀鳥是因何故而死,以及病毒是否跟其他的病毒有不同的情況。同時當局又會向雀仔街的商戶查詢,有否見過這類型的雀鳥而又死去的情況,但很難確定該隻雀鳥是從何而來,有些雀鳥是比較多在野外生長,有些則在家居中。至於會否是有人放出來,這個當局是很難揣測的。

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One white-rumped munia was also on the top of the no 71 bus I was travelling on from Aberdeen to Central this afternoon.  Not sure how it got in, but there was screaming and panicking and rushing backwards and forwards as the bird flew around the bus.  I was surprised the bus didn't tip over.  Shows the kind of hysteria which is all too common here.

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21/1/07 明報 Mingpao

After the White-rumped Munia at Boundary Street, Mong Kok was confirmed to carry the H5 virus, a large number of these birds were found gathering at Bird Garden, Mongkok.

HF Cheung, chairman of HKBWS, suspected that they were released by importers as such behaviour is not normal of the bird.  A member of the Society also found many munias pecking at birdfeed along with other wild birds at Golden Hill Country Park. Cheung was worried that those were also releases and might spread the virus. Cheung suggested the government to collect all munias through a voluntary no-blame arrangement.

Dr Lo Wing Lok, specialist in Infectious Disease, suggested that the import of wild birds should be banned and all birds sold as pets should only be bred in farms instead.

AFCD was not sure whether the munias were released as they also occur naturally in Hong Kong. However people may surrender their birds to AFCD’s Animal Management Centres for humane treatment.  They will not be prosecuted because it is not certain whether they were smuggled into the territory.



白腰文鳥羣聚旺角沙田  疑有人放生 恐散播禽流

【明報專訊】於旺角界限街發現的白腰文鳥證實帶H5病毒後,漁護署昨晨派員到附近的雀鳥公園清潔消毒。同一時間,亦有一大批文鳥在附近聚集,觀鳥會指情况不尋常,懷疑是人為放生,該會亦有會員最近在大埔道金山郊野公園一帶發現文鳥與其他野鳥混在一起覓食,擔心播毒,該會及傳染病醫生均建議政府停止入口野鳥。


觀鳥會﹕憂進口商放雀

觀鳥會主席張浩輝解釋,俗稱「觀音雀」的白腰文鳥,一般只在郊外出現,而且不會一大群出沒,但昨日卻有大批在市區出現,並集體啄食地上類似雀粟的物體,情况不尋常,估計是放生雀。他說,該會亦有會員最近在大埔道、金山郊野公園附近發現大批白腰文鳥,與其他野鳥混在一起,在啄食地上的雀粟,推斷是放生鳥,擔心會傳播病毒。

他說,兩批雀鳥未必是宗教儀式的放生,亦有可能是進口文鳥的商人所為,因最近有文鳥染禽流感而無法出售,遂把牠們放生。他建議,政府應以免責方式,向這些人收取白腰文鳥等放生雀,減低牠們播毒機會。
周一嶽﹕不禁雀鳥入口

傳染病專科醫生勞永樂亦認為,政府應一律禁止在野外捕獵的雀鳥入口,所有出售的觀賞雀應是來自農場的飼養鳥,至於現存的放生雀,他說應予一段寬限期讓市民交出,否則之後撿獲便要重罰。他亦認為,政府應把幾隻撿獲帶禽流病毒的死雀做基因測試,以便找出播毒源頭。

衛生福利及食物局長周一嶽表示,難以追查撿獲帶有H5禽流感病毒的雀鳥是否放生雀,目前亦無意關閉雀鳥花園,亦不會禁止雀鳥入口。

漁護署發言人回應說,由於本地亦有白腰文鳥,故不肯定這批鳥是放生雀。市民可以把包括雀鳥在內的動物交予署方轄下的動物管理中心,以人道方式處理。該署不會知道雀鳥的來源是走私入口,故交出雀鳥不會有任何罪責。


雀鳥公園店舖﹕沒售放生雀

本報昨日到雀鳥公園了解,發現多間商舖門外仍掛着有放生雀出售的牌,當記者向他們查詢時,這些商戶先是笑而不答,然後再表示再無放生雀出售。而在雀鳥公園亦不時有外來雀到訪。本身養有尋灰鸚鵡及相思鳥的李先生表示,不擔心有雀鳥感染禽流感,認為與雀鳥接觸時保持清潔衛生便可以,亦不會因此而不購買雀鳥。

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