https://www.fwi.co.uk/livestock/poultry/new-rules-mean-all-poultrykeepers-must-register-their-birds
You can’t make this stuff up.
“All poultrykeepers will be required to log their flocks on the national register this autumn – even if they own just a few birds in a backyard flock.
Currently, only those who keep 50 birds or more are required to submit their details. But as part of a GB-wide move to tighten up on disease control in the wake of recent avian influenza outbreaks, this is being extended to all poultrykeepers.“
And yet:
“The UK does not currently have outbreaks of bird flu in poultry or other captive birds, and the current risk to poultry from bird flu in Great Britain has been assessed as low.”
https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/uk-declares-itself-free-from-bird-flu-pending-woah-review/
