They can also order their destruction if they see fit.
ALL poultry and captive bird keepers will be required to register their birds from Oct 1, the Government has said. This goes further than the previous rules which were only brought in late last year. Now, ALL poultry and Captive Birds will have to be registered with the UK Government, that includes all breeds of chickens, pigeons, and even birds of prey.
The only exemptions, currently, are budgies, parrots, canaries or similar species that are kept indoors or in a dedicated birdhouse without outside access.
Keepers will have to provide contact details, how many birds from which species are kept, as well as where and for what purpose. If you keep a few chickens as pets but consume their eggs, the government will wants to know.
By law you now must register all avian livestock by the 1st of October or, within 1 month of purchase, or face a £5000 fine. Even if it is just one chicken, kept as a pet in the garden, the rules still apply. In the small-print in those new rules, the Government also reserves the right to have the chickens destroyed if they believe their killing will prevent the spread of Avian Flu.
To register their birds keepers must obtain a county parish holding number from the Rural Payments Agency, and fill in an online form with information about their holding and birds.
The tougher laws are claimed to be 'designed to help limit the spread of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza', which has recently been claimed to have killed its first Human in the United States.
The new rules, along with Bird Flu outbreak come only 4 weeks before the World Health Organisation Pandemic Preparedness Treaty is to be Ratified. In that Treaty the WHO demand control of not only human healthcare, but all animal livestock as well.
The WHO will, by de facto control ALL farming, Called ONE HEALTH, the WHO get to control all human food supplies. If they want you to stop you eating meat (and they do) then they simply have to say that it's infected in some way, quarantine the animals to disrupt the food supply or even order their destruction.
The WHO Pandemic Treaty is due to become law next month.
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