Alarm over high number of sea-bird deaths. Hundreds of emaciated seabirds have washed up dead along the south-eastern coast of America, alarming scientists who fear changes in the ocean could have affected the fish that the birds normally eat. [News Source]

Shock and awe. The Animals Film, a chilling documentary about the abuse of animals, caused shockwaves when it was shown 25 years ago. As the movie is re-released, its maker Victor Schonfeld wonders if TV would have the guts to show it today. [News Source]

Survey Shows Decreased Bird Flu Concern Among U.S. Consumers (CattleNetwork.com) Concerns about highly pathogenic avian influenza among U.S. consumers have diminished over the past 12 months, according to a survey conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs. [News Source]

New bird flu cases confirmed in Germany (China Daily) Germany has confirmed bird flu cased in wild birds in Thuringia while French and Austrian authorities have reported new suspected cases in wild birds in their territories, said the European Commission on Wednesday. [News Source]

Bird Flu fears in Freeport (The Nassau Guardian) Avian influenza or bird flu is not suspected as the reason behind the deaths of several birds found off the coast of Grand Bahama, the Ministry of Agriculture and Marine Resources reported yesterday. [News Source]

Surge of dead seabirds alarms scientists. Hundreds of dead seabirds that washed up along the Southeast coast in recent weeks apparently starved to death, but experts don't know why. [News Source]

Vietnam seeks Chinese bird flu vaccines urgently (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Vietnam has sent officials on an urgent mission to China to buy 50 million doses of vaccine for poultry after two people died of the H5N1 bird flu virus. [News Source]

Nigeria: Danger! Rural Farmers More Exposed to Avian Influenza (AllAfrica.com) Despite the compensation paid to poultry farmers by the Federal Government and efforts made by international and local organisations to check the outbreak of Avian Influenza, investigations still show that rural farmers are more exposed to the disease. [News Source]

Meet David Acheson: Your stomach’s best friend. Public health can be frustrating. Nobody knows you when bird flu is under control, when pets are not poisoned, when bacteria-laden burgers aren't making kids sick. But some really bad crises can launch your career. [News Source]

Russia ready to assist Egypt in fight against bird flu (Russian Information Agency Novosti) MOSCOW, July 4 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's food safety watchdog said Wednesday it was ready to help Egypt fight the spread of a deadly bird flu virus, including supplying the country with a vaccine developed in Russia. [News Source]

Germany Finds Another Bird With Avian Flu; France Tests Fowl (Bloomberg.com) July 4 (Bloomberg) -- German authorities confirmed that a wild bird was found carrying the H5N1 strain of bird flu in the central state of Thuringia. An additional bird is being tested for avian influenza, the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut in Riems said. [News Source]