Four arrested in Romania for spreading bird flu

[elehhhhna]

Four arrested in Romania for spreading bird flu
May 19 7:02 AM US/Eastern
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The manager of a major industrial poultry farm in Romania has been arrested on charges of allowing the farm to sell chickens possibly infected with a potentially lethal form of bird flu, prosecutors in the town of Brasov said.

The unnamed manager is the third person from the Drakom Silva poultry operation in Codlea to be arrested in the last few days. The farm's veterinarian, Virgil Udrea, and its owner were both arrested on Wednesday, as was Pati Prod, the owner of another poultry farm in the town.

The two owners have been charged with "spreading disease among animals" and could face up to 15 years in prison if convicted.

Udrea is accused of knowingly allowing the sale of contaminated live birds to private farmers, according to prosecutors.

Romanian Agriculture Minister Gheorghe Flutur said on Friday that the bird flu virus has continued to spread across the country. It had contaminated poultry in 18 villages over the past week, bringing the number of localities affected to over 60, he said.

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[Ian David]

1. Well, maybe Bush will make him FEMA director? n/t

[jeff30997]

2. Bwahaha!

:rofl:

[elehhhhna]

3. dag! you win ! DING DING DING!

[Jack Rabbit]

4. This is a slight improvement over the old regime

Ceauscescu would have said bird flu was a sign of capitalist decadence that could not possibly exist in his Romania.

[elehhhhna]

5. True. and he'd probably also make poliitical prisoners

sleep with infected chickens. If there is a hell, he's roasting right about now.

[Jack Rabbit]

7. Yes, something about the powerful

They have always had some delusion about being entitled not only to their own opinion, but their own facts. What is it somebody said recently about empires creating their own reality? Ceausescu was no different from that.

[grasswire]

6. I have family members....

...who will be traveling next month to do humanitarian work in Romanian villages over the summer. I'm more than a little bit worried about all this, as they are often in contact with poultry there.