Reply #18: doesn't justify de-populating an entire major flyway

[amazona]

I hate to think of destroying an entire flyway because of a "might could" happen. Where does it end? We have migratory birds too. We are not completely isolated from the Old World.

We already de-populate millions upon millions of chickens and other poultry every year in the U.S. alone to protect against diseases like Newcastle's and avian flu that impact the industry. I'll agree that this action is necessary to protect food source.

However, when it comes to a point where we have to de-populate the wildlife of a continent to survive, maybe we don't deserve to survive. I just don't like the rumors I am hearing. When all birds are gone, there will still be flu.