Que ridiculos son los Haitianos. Otra estupidez para que su gente pasen mas hambre de lo que ya estan pasando.

i bet it wont be rediculus if it was haitian poultry that was infected with bird-flu and the Dominicans did the same thing.

jemesouviens1804, you are right. If it wa the other way around people like DannyVC would not only be asking for a ban on poultry from Haiti. They would put a ban on Haiti itself. People like DannyVC say they want a progressive Haiti but when Haiti makes decision to protect its citizens, they cry foul play. How do those people expect Haiti to be progressive and democratic if they will not accept the Haitians to take measures into their own hands?

This is a great and noble move by the haitian government. Not only should they ban fowl from the DR but also set inspectors at the border to prevent the black market for illegal fowls getting into Haiti. Once DR government has this gripper aviare under control trade should commence under scrutiny. It's a lost that this sector is,$40million pesos, going to have to choke on but one they should get use to..

DannyVC, if Haiti does not take early preventive methods to prevent the H5N2 virus from entering Haiti, millions of Haitians will die. Haiti's infrastructure is so weak they can not deal with this kind of virus. Plus my American brother, if the virus enters Haiti, it will be our American tax dollars that's going to be sent to aide Haiti. Early preventive methods are the cheapest ways to prevent this from becoming a catastrophe.

THE CLOSING OF THE BORDERS LAST MONTH AND THE PROBLEM CAUSED BY THE THREAT OF THE VIRUS SIMPLY SHOWS HOW THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC DEPENDS ON HAITI. SO DOMINICANS, STOP BLAMING HAITI AND FACE THE FACTS THAT WE NEED EACH OTHER.

To:JOHNUSA,
Thank you for seeing my viewpoint. It seems like a lot of the dominicans who want a good and stable relation with Haiti practice a double-standard. When Haitian officials start to do things to protect and benefit their people, Dominicans cry foul. This will only continue to hurt relationship and well get us no where.

What good is this gonna do anyway? If I lived in Haiti I would eat "lo que aparezca" even if it has the damn flu! LOL

Edward, you don't have to live in Haiti to eat "lo que aparezca" that's what all of us do while living in the DR.

Well, as an American point of view. SHAME! SHAME! SHAME ON YOU! DannyVC and Edward.

I'll bet that the haitian government officials have learned the lesson that, when the dominican government says everything's ok, is when someone really ought to watch his/her back. This was the case with hurricane George back in 98' and recently with storms Olga and Noel. Although this preventive measure is sound, I fear that it would only serve to increase the existing smuggling activities on the border, and what is worse, it could be used by the nazionalistic sectors of the dominican establishment to make their usual act of "pescar en río revuelto".

when i read postings by DannyVC and Edward, i wonder if they are really serious ,or are just submitting their posts for comic relief and alarm. i refuse to believe that grown people can make such ridiculous remarks with a straight face.

I really think that Mr, Edward is one of those frustrated factory worker Dominicans that are full of hate due to their own living standard and feast on their close minded denigration of Haitians. The rich class in DR has been very sucessful in convincing the poor uneducated Dominican majority that Haiti and Hatians are bad for the country.

I guess people can't take jokes!

Edward,

I agree some joking is needed sometimes. People here get too serious. Everyone is a Proud Dominican or a Haitian who defend their rights. People have to relax on this forum. Make jokes, ligthen up the mood. Take some shots on both sides and move on.

Very logical move, to ban the import of the chicken from a country where bird flue is registered. There is no point of hiding registration of a bird flue. its a completely non patriotic and more than stupid way, to declare that there is not a danger in Higuey and that people can continue to consume chicken as normal.
There is not space for making joke about bird flue, or even leveling the complex of self esteem trough self-love, a common problem in Dominican - Haitian relation.
There is a relation of heavy floods, and descomposition of dead Cattle Egret ( Bubulcus Ibis ) who we have in a great number around dominican cows.

to Edward; it is pretty warped to make fun of the fact that people are in such dire straits that they would eat contaminated food out of necessity. if you consider that to be humorous, maybe you should apply for a tryout with comedy central or saturday night live. as my late mother used to say; ¨never laugh at a passing hearse¨. we are all one step away from bad outcomes, regardless of how well off we might think we are today!

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - A case of low pathogen avian influenza has been reported in the Central American state of the Dominican Republic.

The incidence reported to the World Ani mal Health Organisation (OIE) records the case in Santo Domingo.

A total of 115 birds were affected in the outbreak at a live bird market and 15 birds were affected in a village in Higuey. All the birds have been slaughtered.

The Dominican Republic authorities have also instituted a programme of screening, quarantine and disinfection to control the disease.

ThePoultrySite News Desk

Dominican authorities have quarantined and sacrificed a number of birds after detecting a strain of bird flu last month.

The World Organization for Animal Health said in a report that 130 birds were slaughtered after authorities discovered a case of the virus near the capital, Santo Domingo, and another some 145 kilometers to the east in the village of Higüey.

Officials say the virus is the H5N2 strain, which does not affect humans.

Government livestock director Angel Faxas said officials believe the virus reached the Dominican Republic through birds introduced into the country illegally.

The World Health Organization reports that the more virulent H5N1 strain of bird flu has killed 216 people worldwide since 2003.

Entonces, gente, eso no tiene que ver mucho con Haitianos, y tal cosas, pero con nosotros, como se comportamos en situaciones así.

Y que pasa con esta cosa: "Government livestock director Angel Faxas said officials believe the virus reached the Dominican Republic through birds introduced into the country illegally." ??

“Creemos que la procedencia del virus en el país fue a través de aves introducidas de manera ilegal”, apuntó.

Ahora estamos traficando pollos con fallos? Espero que salga un merenguito pronto, como parte de humor dominicano. Algo como, Aguiluchas estan luchando porque tiene gripe, nadie come pollo, pero solo quipe.

Es cierto eso?:
Informó que el Banco Mundial aprobó un préstamo para la República Dominicana de US$900,000, a fin de aumentar los esfuerzos que se hacen en contra del virus.

Ahora entiendo que clase de gripe aviar tenemos aquí.

once again, we can thank Miloskorac for due diligence in informing the reader about serious issues. i remember his postings during the last weather disturbances. bravo, Milos

want to know how corrupt and backwards the dominican government is....they dont want to admit that the country may have a possible life threating problem....no warnings to the population....since haiti banned them they're looking to sell their crap to venzeula or cuba.

plus they say the haitian ban is some kind of polital sabotage and has nothing to do with infected eggs/poultry.

ive been to a few of the major and minor chicken farms here during class trips and belive me , quality/sanitation control/standards are low.

these business only care about the almighty dollar i.e. peso.....as with alot on matters down here, until someone rich dies from this chicken disease nothing is going to stop the farms from selling infected products.