Without economic growth and job creation in Mexico, we won't be able to confront the migratory phenomenon.
Quotes about migratory (13 Quotes)
If, as we think, migratory birds will be one of the ways by which avian influenza is spreading around the world, we can expect ... the problem in the Near East, in East and West Africa and naturally in North America and South America,
Although bird flu cases have been found in some villages in five provinces because of the spread of migratory birds, the whole situation is under control. There are no human cases,
We must force the government to stop the bird migration. We must shoot all birds, field all our men and troops... and force migratory birds to stay where they are.
We don't have a spread of the virus, what we have is the introduction of the virus into countries of the European Union. The difference is that it's human activities, through commerce, through the market place, through the way we raise our poultry that we get disease spread. The fact that in Europe, in many countries, it's been picked up in migratory birds, is very, very relevant, it means that the European authorities -- Italy, Greece, Germany, Denmark, Austria -- are monitoring, doing active surveillance in the wild bird population.
Man could not stay there forever. He was bound to spread to new regions, partly because of his innate migratory tendency and partly because of Nature's stern urgency.
The epidemic situation is very severe. Right now is spring, when there is a high chance of bird flu outbreaks due to the frequent movement of migratory birds. This epidemic has not been effectively controlled worldwide.
I think we are all very aware that it certainly could happen through the migratory bird patterns that fly up from the Russian peninsula over to the Alaskan peninsula and fly down that Western coast.
The 11 species will join a listing of around 107 migratory animals which are considered endangered and thereby given special status by all member states.
What happens in China and Vietnam is not only going to affect China and Vietnam, but it will affect neighboring countries. And, I think as has been demonstrated by the movement of the virus that in fact Europe, Eastern Europe has been infected. We are quite concernedgiven the migratory paths of birds, we are quite concerned about Africa, although Africa has not been hit yet.
One of our major concerns is now the potential spread of avian influenza through migratory birds to northern and eastern Africa.
The region where the Turkish outbreak occurred also serves as a waypoint for migratory birds. Authorities have warned for months that the deadly strain of avian flu might be heading this way, after outbreaks were confirmed in Siberia, other Asian parts of Russia and Kazakhstan over the past year. Officials from the Romanian Directorate of Veterinary Sanitation were already screening farms in the Danube delta when two sick domestic geese and a chicken were discovered in this village, and tested positive for bird flu antibodies on Oct. 7. The government responded very quickly, ... Within an hour we had a meeting, set up a command center and took action.
I think that's what's driving the issue in Australia - the proximity to Southeast Asia where H5N1 is a reality that they're facing every day and the opportunity for migratory birds to bring that issue into their country,