Germans ditch their cats after bird flu death
March 02 2006 at 08:40PM
Hundreds of German cat-owners have dumped their pets at shelters since the country recorded the first case of a cat dying of bird flu in the European Union, the German animal welfare society said Thursday.
"Nationwide, several hundred cats have been left with us. People are scared their cats have bird flu," a spokesperson for the group, Jan Pfeifer, told AFP.
"We do not want to give more exact figures because we do not want people to think that there is good reason for this and spread more panic."
March 02 2006 at 08:40PM
Hundreds of German cat-owners have dumped their pets at shelters since the country recorded the first case of a cat dying of bird flu in the European Union, the German animal welfare society said Thursday.
"Nationwide, several hundred cats have been left with us. People are scared their cats have bird flu," a spokesperson for the group, Jan Pfeifer, told AFP.
"We do not want to give more exact figures because we do not want people to think that there is good reason for this and spread more panic."
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