Posted AT 9:28 PM EDT on 11/04/04
Emergency declared over dead fowl
Canadian Press
Vancouver
B.C.'s Emergency Preparedness Act was invoked Saturday to enable officials to begin disposing of the potentially millions of carcasses of poultry infected with Avian flu.
Solicitor-General Rich Coleman signed the order to allow infected poultry from the depopulation of 19 million birds to be taken to landfills and incinerators.
B.C.
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