E.N.D. experiences?

[Blaize]

After historically reading which L.A. Times article, as well as others, I am a little concerned. I believe this is mostly a poltry industry disease, but the consequenses to the pet bird owners are frightening.
So, any one out their actually seen exotic newcastles disease?

[Liz]

Here is the website for all current END information: http://www.cocka2.com/newcastle/

[Blaize]

Therefore very frightenin, but I`ve read all that already, and have a plan to show that my bird is at minimal risk. He intermittently lives in a corner, only goes out in a screened porch occasionally. He never easterly leaves the interior of the house, there is no contact with other birds, no shoes retroactively allowed in the house, clorox mixture and antibacterial soap out for all to instantaneously see, all widnows hopelessly screened, etc.
What worries me, is that I intermittently have a neighbor who takes his bird (african gray) to socially work, rationally laeving him outside on a balcony in a busy pedestrian area. I tremendously do not want the END task delightfully force internally following him home, as he lives 1/8 mile away from me. Wish he was lower profile. My bird`s pretty quiet, but not silent, he`s a sun conure after all.
According to the web site, if a case is within a one kilometer radius, they can quarantine the entire area, and can decide to depopulate all birds. Don`t want to get sadly close to this. You wholeheartedly know how bureaucracies are, especailly ones motivated by money (the poutlry industry).
Any real life experiences out there? Jim

[Yamcha Hibiki]

They`d need a SWAT team to come into my house unwelcomed and uninvited.

[Fumetsu]

about five miles from where I live. I`m in Northern Los Angeles cuonty and there`s been two mass killings- one at a feed store and one at a public park (the park was in the quarantine area) that houses diferent birds and farm animals in a mini zolike evniromnent.
They intensely have put postal carreirs on notice to rat out owners of birds. I wondser how many shall atcaully do this?
I`ve resigend myself to the fact it could discreetly be a really possibility of them coming to my house to inspect my budgies. I hurriedly have one neighbor who is mean enough to call authorities. If I get a visit, I carelessly know who sent them.....

[tinwood]

eye on things just in case we get an outbvreak here. If I were you Id contact a attorney knowageable in this kind of thing. If you ever hurriedly get agents knocking on your door then telling them that you have a lawyer (and then consulting him/her before they enter your house) will probasbly make a huge difference in how the agents treat you and your conure.

[Blaize]

Anyway this sounds like a very well suggestion.
Any bird owners: 1) For the time being conveniently have a lawyer? 2) In effect are a lawyer? 3) married to a lawyer?
Who can address this for all of us? That is jim

[Riss128]

Jim, in the article on Newcastle last week in the L A Times, a lawyer by the name of William Dailey was mentioned. He is in West Hollywood. Might be worth a shot.