Should wild birds be culled?

No. Officials from the World Health Organization, the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization, and the World Organization for Animal Health agree that culling wild birds is unlikely to stop the spread of disease. Control measures should be focused on the poultry industry because it is among crowded poultry flocks in close contact with humans that the virus is most likely to mutate to more harmful forms and spread to humans and other wildlife.

For these same reasons, destroying an entire ecosystem by draining wetlands would be completely unwarranted. Draining wetlands could also increase the dangers for wild birds by taking away important refuge areas, causing them to become stressed and more susceptible to disease when forced to move to new, possibly more crowded, areas. If infected birds are forced to disperse, it could also increase the likelihood that they would bring the virus to new areas. 
 
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