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BIRD FLU -NEW Disease Hits World-Infects People-Worst ECO Disaster
BIRD FLU -NEW Disease Hits World-Infects People...
Infected Brit Says Having BIRD FLU (Avian Influenza) is Nightmare and He's Devastated by Duck Cull
Alan Gosling, 79, contracted avian flu after 20 of the birds began living in his home in Buckfastleigh, Devon UK.
Daily Mirror 7 JAN 2022
The first Brit infected with bird flu after befriending a flock of wild ducks said he is devastated the animals have now been culled.
Alan Gosling, 79, contracted avian flu after a local flock of 160 birds in Buckfastleigh, Devon, tested positive for the disease.
The Muscovy ducks originally lived in a public area near his home before 20 of the birds moved into his home.
After a positive case in the local flock, dad-of-three Alan was ordered to test for the disease before the Health Security Agency (HSA) today confirmed a case of avian flu in the South West region.
Ducks living inside Alan's home were also killed in the cull.
Alan described the last two weeks as “a nightmare”, but said he was feeling "fine" but devastated by the loss of his beloved ducks.
"He is often on the phone to us, asking what the doctors have said - but we can't answer questions we don't know the answers to."
Ellesha said Alan first began to notice several ducks of his huge flock becoming sick a few days before Christmas.
After DEFRA and APHA got wind, more than 100 ducks living outside of Alan's house on his property were culled in a bid to prevent the spread, shortly after Christmas.
Despite pleading against it, the 20 ducks which lived inside his home with him were culled on New Years Day by a team in Hazmat suits.
While the outside of the property has been partially cleaned, the family say the interior of the property remains contaminated until he is confirmed to be no longer infectious.
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