Debate over pets' role in spread of avian flu
No cases passed yet by dogs or cats, but experts want study

If the bird flu virus arrives in the United States on the wings of migrating wildfowl...

Again with the wings.

It's an interesting article. The tomcat loves to hunt and we'd already realized that if/when bird flu hits this continent, his outside days are over. He'll be miserable, but there will be no discussion. The little girls don't go out - well, Bonnie does, but only on a leash. And mostly when she sees him outside.