Bird flu could drive the slender-billed curlew to extinction -- there are very few specimens left and the virus could just be enough to push it over the edge.

We have conquered the SARS epidemic in 2003, and we will surely conquer the bird flu virus,

There is more and more evidence building up that wild migratory birds do play some role in spreading the virus, but personally I believe - and others agree - that it?s not a major role. If we would assume based on this evidence that wild birds would be a major carrier of the disease, we would expect a more dramatic outbreak of the disease all over the world.

an eventual bird flu epidemic.

[Indonesia called for international help Friday to combat the bird flu virus that has killed six people.] We know that bird flu is a very dangerous disease, ... The virus mutates easily ... and moves very quickly across national boundaries.

The Grail Bird: Hot on the Trail of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker.