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The following articles have been tagged with "Dead_birds":

Man facing prison for catching 13,000 birds

Society: 4 Mar 11
A 40-year-old man has been charged for catching and holding thousands of birds, including a number of protected species, in Hälsingland in eastern Sweden. READ »

'External force' behind Swedish bird death

Science & Technology: 6 Jan 11
The cause of death of the jackdaws found dead on the streets of Falköping, in central Sweden, was external force, not infection or disease. READ »

Swedish birds 'scared to death': veterinarian

Science & Technology: 5 Jan 11
A county veterinarian has speculated that the birds that fell from the sky in central Sweden on Tuesday may have been frightened by fireworks, then run over by a car after landing on the road in the dark. READ »

Politician buried 11,000 chickens in mass grave

Society: 23 Jun 09
A local politician-cum-chicken farmer in southern Sweden has landed himself in hot water for burying 11,000 hens in a mass grave without contacting the proper authorities. READ »

9,000 dead chickens to warm Umeå

National: 10 Mar 07
A power company based in the north of Sweden is planning to generate heat from an unusual fuel: chickens. Apparently they are 'just the right size'. READ »

Bird flu: Sweden on alert

Science & Technology: 5 Feb 07
Sweden has boosted its monitoring of wild birds following outbreaks of the H5N1 bird flu strain in Britain and Hungary. There are currently no new restrictions, but vets are calling for vigilance. READ »

Stockholm birds 'had H5 strain'

Science & Technology: 21 Mar 06
Two birds found in central Stockholm were carrying the highly pathogenic H5 strain of bird flu, it has been confirmed. Further tests are needed to confirm that it was H5N1. READ »

Stockholm swans had bird flu

Science & Technology: 20 Mar 06
Two swans with an aggressive form of bird flu have been found in the heart of Stockholm. Measures to prevent the virus spreading to domestic birds have been taken by authorities. READ »

Search for birds continues

Science & Technology: 9 Mar 06
The hunt for sick and dead birds is continuing along Sweden's east coast following the discovery on Wednesday of a number of birds with suspected H5N1 bird flu. READ »

More Swedish birds carrying bird flu virus

Science & Technology: 3 Mar 06
Eight of the 31 dead birds from the Oskarshamn area which were tested for bird flu have been found to be carrying the virus, according to the National Veterinary Institute on Friday. READ »

Bird flu: "Keep cats indoors"

Science & Technology: 2 Mar 06
The Swedish government raises the classification of the H5N1 variant of bird flu to "constituting a public danger". At the same time, EU veterinary experts advise people to keep cats indoors and dogs on a leash. READ »

Bird flu controls tightened

Science & Technology: 1 Mar 06
Bird flu reaches Sweden
Examination of the area where birds were found with possible H5N1 virus is stepped up as controls are introduced across Sweden. Bird owners in many parts of the country are being asked to register with local officials. READ »

Bird flu reaches Sweden

Science & Technology: 28 Feb 06
Bird flu 'doesn't worry Swedes'
An aggressive form of bird flu has been found in Sweden. The virus was found in wild birds near Oskarshamn, in Småland in the south of the country. "Serious but not unexpected," says Sweden's agriculture minister. READ »

Swedish research shows many bird flu cases missed

Science & Technology: 10 Jan 06
The dreaded bird virus H5N1 could have infected far more people in Asia than statistics have so far shown, say researchers at Stockholm's Karolinska Institute. But the symptoms could be so mild that people don't know they've got it. READ »


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