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Article: Farm falls 'victim' to bird flu.
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- Bury Free Press (Bury St. Edmunds, England)
- Article date:
- March 17, 2006
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The deadly bird flu virus has claimed its first victim in West Suffolk, with a company which sells pet parrots closing today.
Cockfield Bird Farm has sold its last parrot, with its owners blaming media coverage of the spread of avian flu across the globe.
Since the virus hit the headlines, John and Angela West's 20-year-old business has collapsed as people no longer buy pet parrots.
Mr West said: "The media has blown bird flu out of all proportion and has petrified Joe public.
"Our business has literally stopped overnight and has been decimated.
"In half terms, our farm was always full of children looking at parrots, but ...