KUALA LUMPUR: The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has called for the closure of Asias wild bird markets to further reduce the spread of the avian flu.
Director of WCS Malaysia Programme Dr Melvin Gumal said large numbers of wild and domestic birds were kept in close quarters in markets allowing diseases to jump between wild animals, livestock and ultimately humans.
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