The Institute For Animal Happiness presents an important online forum:
AVIAN INFLUENZA IN NYS (AND BEYOND): WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW.
Critical education for community will be shared and questions answeres so we can protect not only the birds in our care, but also protect wildlife and people. This version of HPAI (“Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza”) spreads easily and has already appeared in NYS in our county (Ulster County) as well as Dutchess County. It has spread to 12 states and many countries, leading to tragedy and heartbreak: extremely large populations of birds being killed. IFAH is taking an incredibly proactive stance on this issue to protect our own residents’ health as well as all avians in community. Therefore we have organized this forum to gather other experts and local rescues to learn what we can do to prevent this disease from spreading, and create a unified, stronger voice. HPAI is also another zoonotic disease (like Covid-19) but not as easily transmissable to humans. However as we learned with Covid-19 and other pandemics, viruses can mutate and change. We must learn everything we can as a community and act to save avian lives and at the very least understand that what harms them harms us, and what we can do to mitigate dangers posed by zoonotic disease pandemics ahead.
Come join experts and local rescue & advocacy organizations to learn:
Important biosecurity protocols necessary to keep birds safe
Get clear information about this and other zoonotic diseases
Understand local laws and protocol
Foster community, get emotional support and learn how we can mitigate risks and harm in the future.
WHEN:
THURSDAY MARCH 3RD, 2022
TIME:
AT 7 PM (Zoom doors will open at 6:50 PM. Please arrive before 7pm , as event will start promptly.)
Event running time: Approximately 2 hours.
This event is online via Zoom & streamed via FaceBook. If you are on Facebook, follow via the official “event” page at this link: https://fb.me/e/4QInWKe3H
Topic: Avian Influenza in NYS (and beyond): What You Need to Know
Time: Mar 3, 2022 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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PARTICIPANTS:
Part I:
AMY BARKLEY
Avian Influenza Expert,
Cornell Cooperative Extension, Kingston
Part II:
TARA HESS
Senior Advisor, Open Sanctuary Project
PART III:
A Roundtable Community Discussion featuring:
REBECCA MOORE (moderator)
Founder, Institute for Animal Happiness
ANNIE MOTTER
Health Care Manager, Catskill Animal Sanctuary
RACHEL MCCRYSTAL
Executive Director, Woodstock Farm Sanctuary
MIRIAM CHISHOLM
Founder, NY Farm Animal Save and PandemicFreeWorld.com
HERVÉ BREUIL
Shelter Director, Woodstock Farm Sanctuary
Q & A at end to cover all presentations
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More details to be posted soon. This is being put together very quickly to get info to the community in as timely a way as possible, so thank you for your patience.
Please contact us if you would like your org to be listed as supporting this effort.
If anyone would like to support the forum financially you can do so via our DONATE page… thank you for supporting this work!
Supporting Solidarity Organizations:
Institute for Animal Happiness (NYS)
Cornell Cooperative Extension Ulster County (NYS)
All Species Kinship (MI)
Catskill Animal Sanctuary (NYS)
Woodstock Farm Sanctuary (NYS)
NY Farm Animal Save (NYS)
PandemicFreeWorld.com (NYS)
OpenSanctuaryProject.org
Sweet Peeps Microsanctuary (AL)
Arthur's Acres (NYS)
Mother Clucker's Microsanctuary (NC)
Ruby's Refuge (NC)
Penelope’s Place (NYS)
Chickens of Woodstock (NYS)
Sleepy Pig Farm (NYS)
They All Want to Live (NYS)
Fair Shake Sanctuary (NYS)
Stray H.E.L.P. (NYS)
(list in continuing formation)