First Alberta dog dies from bird flu: SPCA.
Source of information.
1. CTV News.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/article/first-alberta-dog-dies-from-bird-flu-spca/
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8 kittens die of H5N1 bird flu in the Netherlands.
Source of information.
1. BNO News.
https://bnonews.com/index.php/2025/12/netherlands-reports-fatal-h5n1-bird-flu-infections-in-kittens/
COMMENT:… this is dead serious bad news ..
avian flu in our pet dogs(and cats)!? This is serious. This is of
colossal public concern. It is impossible to resist commenting on this one considering this is a momentous event in history.
An astronomical numerical proportion of us are so close to our animals and pets we love them so. This takes us that much closer to human to human widespread avian catastrophe.
...this hits a
very personal note for me. I am one who takes all precautions including masking outdoors and I have a small toy breed dog that I keep in close quarters with me inside. I walk my dog on a leashe on my property daily in my own backyard. Off and on for several years now, I have had to deal with neighbor's stray dog and stray roosters on our property.
May not seem like a big deal but it is a big deal to me and it is a big deal to those who respect animals, science, and the monitoring of avian flu. I don't prefer my little dog treading or walking in the feces or grazing area of these stray domesticated livestock or stray domesticated animals. My local Animal care and control have not been very effective or conscientious of avian flu and its impact on the world for me.
People, Please contain your animals and livestock out of respect for your neighbors and out of respect for the very real avian flu! This is not “little house on the prairie” a fairytale television show where we all mingle freely together hand in hand all animals living in harmony where all species hug kiss and roll around in one another’s feces and bedding..
...let’s
get real and number the contact points for me personally:
.1) There’s birds overhead some of which have avian flu..
2) the neighbors have backyard chickens and roosters…
3)"Rocky" the neighbor’s dog who is a chicken herding dog has Been residing with roosters and chickens.
4) CONTACT! I don’t want a big dirty unleashed dog who resides with roosters and chickens coming up to me everyday trying to play with me or my little dog who is leashed in my own yard trying to relieve himself.(not too mention I especially don't want stray roosters or their trail of feces in my yard at this stage in my life because I only have less than half and acre to walk my little dog on leash everyday in an area which is in my own little backyard!)
Some things are just too close for comfortKeep your hands and paws to yourselves some of us don’t like to be touched without the privilege of being able to at least give our consent first. Some of us prefer “no touching”...
...I just don't wanna play with "Rocky" my unresponsible neighbor's dog..its not fair to "Rocky" either . He's a beautiful dog but he just shouldn't be in my yard I don't wanna reinforce his behavior of being in my yard by playing with him besides he's around dirty roosters all day as seen here:
Video LINK:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oUBNDzyeRxDRann8knlx_PHWSZnaZin7/view?usp=sharing..I like him I just don't want him all over me and my little dog that I have on leashe ..you know!? He might have some rooster feces under his nails ..I just shouldn't be forced to play with other people's pets especially because I have serious concerns over avian flu and he is a dog exposed to roosters and chickens all day. People just don’t care .. A dog just died in Alberta with avian flu and my neighbors just let their dogs and roosters all over the place. It’s stupid.
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Tips for preventing HPAI infection in dogs and cats are the same as for many other infectious diseases: Keep cats indoors. Keep pets that do go outdoors away from wild birds, poultry, and cattle and their environments. Prevent pets from eating dead birds or other animals." and I might add keep your pets away from me! don't let your animals stray and respect your neighbors who might be more sensitive and educated about avian flu!
People who mask and take precautions and are going the extra mile to stay safe and prevent airborne illness and disease such as myself don't necessarily appreciate stray dogs or stray livestock in their yards! Please contain your animals for the animal's sake! Be respectful to your neighbors.
You with your stray roosters, big stray dog your children and maskless family, take your own chances for all I care, but please stay way from me, the Masked Man and my yard & don't make others, me, my loved ones or my little buddy who is my dog take chances with avian flu and don't make us walk in your livestock's feces!
Take responsibility.
Rule your own roost not mine!,
The Masked Man (lover of all creatures great and small)
P.S. Number one concern for me as a masked guy is preventing my dog from sniffing or inhaling a trail of rooster feces from a flock of neighbor's backyard roosters that may have entered my yard! Not the easiest thing to do. Dogs sniff and inhale the ground big time.
I personally would not enforce this law but what if I get exposed to avian flu first? (at least I wear a mask but my dog could get it from an unnecessary exposure then I would get it from my dog inside the house if I fail to take a lot of precautions in my own yard if there is an infection from neighbor's backyard rooster feces in my yard) here's just a little excerpt from the North Carolina State legislation (you know this law exists for a reason..Think about all the reasons these laws exist..Keep in mind, if any of these birds are found to have avian flu during an avian influenza (AI) outbreak, many birds, both wild and domestic, may be infected and die from the disease. For domestic flocks, some may be also be depopulated (euthanized) to control the spread of the disease...
"(c) If it shall appear to any magistrate that after three days' notice any person persists in allowing his fowls to run at large in violation of this section and fails or refuses to keep them upon his own premises, then the said magistrate may, in his discretion, order any sheriff or other officer to kill the fowls when they are running at large as herein provided. (C.S., s. 1864; 1971, c. 741, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, s. 540; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 2011‐313, s. 1; 2011‐412, s. 3.1.)"
