Bird flu and CO2

[Walter]

Avian flu confirmed in Saskatchewan

50,000 birds at poultry farm to be destroyed

Last Updated: Thursday, September 27, 2007 | 11:41 AM CT

CBC News


Avian influenza has been confirmed at a large chicken farm near Regina, officials with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Thursday.
The H7N3 strain of the virus found at Pedigree Poultry at Regina Beach is fatal to birds, but is not dangerous to humans, the agency said. All 50,000 birds at the farm will be destroyed with carbon dioxide gas over the next few days.

It's bad enough to hear about the dreaded bird flu but to exacerbate the GW problem by using CO2 to kill the birds. Where's my razor blade?

 

[hermanntrude]

CO2 may or may not be responsible for global warming, but let's be realistic: even if it were, we're talking about a few tanks of it, not tonnes and tonnes belching out of chimneys. Also, let's be practical: the razor-blade method you suggest is thoroughly foolish, since this virus is potentially fairly dangerous, it'd be best to keep it contained rather than let it flow freely in pools of blood with men and women wading through it. CO2 seems sensible to me, Fairly humane, and prevents the busting open of 50,000 infected bodies

 

[Walter]

I meant the razor blade for me.

 

[hermanntrude]

I meant the razor blade for me.

need a shave?

 

[Tonington]

What's the problem Walter? CO2 is an effective euthanizing agent.