Wildlife Professor at the Biodiversity Council weighs in on the government inaction
"Euan Ritchie, a professor of wildlife ecology at Deakin University and a councillor at the Biodiversity Council, has concerns about how this will affect animal welfare and communities.
"It is a terrible indictment on governments and their priorities that local councils, communities and individuals are being told they must shoulder much of the burden and responsibility for managing sick and dead wildlife," he told Yahoo."
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"Choosing to let animals struggle and suffer through the symptoms of H5N1 until they eventually die, rather than intervening and humanely euthanising them, is a callous and negligent dereliction of government responsibility, animal welfare, and environmental stewardship," he said.
"Not only does this cause unnecessary, prolonged harm to wildlife, it increases the distress of people and communities witnessing these horrific events."
There is evidence from overseas that removing sick and dead birds can stop the spread of H5."