Cats and bird flu

This is scary: Bird flu hits weasel-like animal

This article says that a marten has been found with bird flu in Germany in an area where cats (!!!) have also been found to have contracted the disease from eating birds. I think that is pretty frightening since I know we have cats at our house who do catch birds from time to time (mostly for sport). My mom also like to feed wild birds (which subsequently poop on my car – but that’s another gripe) so attacting birds to our house is even more less appealing to me with this find. I have to admit that I really don’t like birds much anyway. I am happy to admire them from afar and yes, some are pretty and I DO like hummingbirds…but I really hate starlings (gross) and sparrows (too many of them), mourning doves (they are just too stupid) and pigeons (thankfully we have none of out where we live, but I hate them anyway).

So I suppose the fears of a bird flu pandemic could be overblown, but I sure as hell hope they figure out a way to help people weather it if they catch it. In the meantime, I’m thinking we ought to keep the cats inside (though that might mean trouble with a capital Pee) and stop feeding the damn birds.