BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union mulled a ban on the import of live wild birds after a parrot in Britain died of a virulent strain of avian flu that might one day spread to humans.
Britain called for the ban after the H5N1 strain killed the south American parrot that was held in quarantine with birds from Taiwan, all of which were culled.
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