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DENR: Refrain from catching wild birds to avoid bird flu
A September 7, 2011 press release from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources: Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Ramon J.P. Paje today appealed to the public to refrain from catching, handling, keeping, and trading wild birds to avoid the risk of bird flu. He also reminded traders that the import ban on wild birds, their by-products and derivatives from bird flu-infected ...