Defra Latest on Avian Flu

have heard some are suggesting early may for racing, might be lucky to get any judging by reports so far .......

my sec said ian evans the manager at the rpra is meeting with defra monday ,defra will always cover there a$$ they wont/dont care about pigeon racing in the grand scheme of things avian flu is a serious disease with all sorts of implications ,i see its being kept quiet about captive falcons being found in 2 locations with avian flu wonder how they caught that ,maybe not so captive after all eh

We will get racing...I hope so as 72 to race this year

peel bros wrote:

We will get racing...I hope so as 72 to race this year

young birds ray ...or old birds ?

i think there will be racing but how much ,i feel sorry for guys with teams to race after the work put in so lets hope the rpra managers meeting with defra is good news

If a cloud has a silver lining here, though the demise of our hobby is drawing every closer and faster, it is is that very many good birds will be available... at a very good price.

But then personally it was like that in the 50's etc. when nigh all lofts had to discard some good birds to make room in the nest boxes for the youngsters coming through.
Als - later when Widowerhood becam fair rife, hens were bred from in August... IN the purple! Yes one could buy - especially newbies' good youngster very cheap, if not given.

peel bros wrote:

We will get racing...I hope so as 72 to race this year

72     I just hope Ray your not some how going to cram them all in that new loft of yours there etc    .

Everything will depend on the number of cases of the virus in the next few days.

With the debate about blood clots going on things in that area are up in the air.

If it should put people off having the jab  it could raise another problem.

One can only hope that people behave sensibly, unfortunately, some visitors are doing anything but, but they are not worried about anything other than themselves. 

Regards.

scarborough is , and is going to be the most visited place over the summer they say misty,

Tell me about it David.

Never ever seen so many people, they cannot possibly comply with the rules.

Just hope the vacines make a difference.

Every seat on the front occupied, inches apart, surfers in abundance and do not think more than a dozen live here.

Just a total nightmare.

Regards.

Just received this from fed secretary 

Defra have decided there will be no racing or multi loft training until they reveiw the situation on the 30 april.

yes ray i recieved a message too, meeting the rpra had planned has been cancelled , and rearranged for later in the month .........so license will not be granted before 29th april, so no racing before 1st may .

Earlier this morning I was informed that the meeting scheduled for this afternoon had been cancelled. I am sure this will be a great disappointed to you all as it is to me. However, a DEFRA representative has taken the time to speak to me and as a result I am able to provide the following update; Defra has commissioned a risk assessment (currently not completed) that will be used to decide when to reinstate the General license. The option to do this on a staged approach starting with species considered a lower risk (such as Racing Pigeons) is still an option being considered. The General license will not be reinstated prior to 30th April. This means that Racing can not take place before this date and will be permitted at the earliest, from 1st May 2021 The meeting has now been rearranged for some time week commencing 19th April 2021 (time and date to be confirmed). I will keep you updated with any developments. In the meantime multi loft training (more than one loft) also remains banned. Ian Evans CEO

Maybe the want/need a little more time to see what and how things develope.

has there been any positive cases of a fancier in the uk having this avian flu ...?

The whole problem David is no one knows from day to day just what may turn up.

Would not want to be the ones making the decisions.

Regards.

is it just another case of the rpra being useless, and not standing up for its members ..........is it just the same old saga like the bop problem, where they talk the talk, but do nothing ...?

Now come on David.

They have spent thousands of pounds on the BOP problem,
had numerous nice meetings with MPs etc; and are in a worse
position now than when they started.

You have to give them credit for being consistantly USELESS.

Regards.

To cheer matters up.

Just read Russia is on the verge of declaring war on the Ukraine, moved 100, 000
soldiers onto the border zone, moved several warships into the area.

Problem. we are part of the group that is commited to defendimg the Ukraine.

The virus may not be our only problem shortly.

Regards.

MISTY wrote:

Now come on David.

They have spent thousands of pounds on the BOP problem,
had numerous nice meetings with MPs etc; and are in a worse
position now than when they started.

You have to give them credit for being consistantly USELESS.

Regards.

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