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Little_Kopit
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Dec 06, 2014

When you cross the border now with pets.

There is bird flu big time in British Columbia. Poultry is a frequent source of protein in pet food.

Thus, right now and probably the next few months you can bet heavily on being asked about pet food when you cross the border. My solution has always been to get my dogs on a type of food I can buy in just about any store on either side of the border.

The story is covered: http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/b-c-poultry-cull-begins-80-000-to-be-euthanized-to-stop-avian-flu-1.2135514. I picked it up on morning radio.

:C

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  • JaxDad wrote:
    I'm not sure why you think commercial pet food would have anything to do with Avian Flu. Pets don't eat live chickens.

    I'm also not sure a couple farms close to each other in a single small town qualifies as "big time".



    It`s at least 4 farms and over 80,000 birds. Nothing small time about it! The CITIES involved are Abbottsford and Chilliwack each about the size of Kingston. Nothing small time at all JaxDad.....It`s 4 families livelihood. Nothing small about that.. OH, you`re from the TO area ......aaahhhh, explains it!!!Big Time!!!
  • Because cases of avian flu in the past have meant questions from border guards re. pet food.

    I probably assumed that all rving pet owners know that pet food can be confiscated going either way.

    They contents of any food parcel will only name source of protein, not where it came from. Thus, there is a chance it could have come from the affected poultry farms.

    I've learned that when avian flu hits the news media it's an alert signal for me as a dog owner.

    :C
  • JaxDad's avatar
    JaxDad
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    I'm not sure why you think commercial pet food would have anything to do with Avian Flu. Pets don't eat live chickens.

    I'm also not sure a couple farms close to each other in a single small town qualifies as "big time".