英國環境、糧食與鄉村事務部（Defra）16日宣布，從2007年4月1日起開始解除西歐的賽鴿禁令。這是在獸醫風險評估發現可能發生H5N1禽流感傳染之後，不列顛群島周圍最初由2005年10月開始禁止賽鴿。
由於已經快過了秋季鳥類遷徙與過冬的高危險期，加上對於歐洲野生鳥類可能傳染疾病的證據不足，因而獸醫風險評估也作出修正，同時將從4月1日開始解除賽鴿禁令。
法國、海峽群島、西班牙、比利時、盧森堡及德國等國也將允許國際賽鴿活動，然而西歐賽鴿活動仍受到各國境內賽鴿活動現存條件的管制，因此必須事先修改紀錄保持與生物安全等相關條件。
The ban on pigeon racing in Western Europe will be lifted on April 1, 2007, the UK Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Defra, announced today. A ban on pigeon racing from outside the British Isles was originally imposed in October 2005 following a veterinary risk assessment of the likelihood of H5N1 avian influenza transmission.
The end of the higher risk autumn migration and over-wintering period, coupled with the absence of evidence of disease in wild birds in Europe, has led to a revised veterinary risk assessment which has informed the decision to lift the pigeon racing ban from April 1.
International pigeon racing will be permitted from France, the Channel Islands, Spain, Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany. Pigeon racing from Western Europe will still be subject to the existing conditions on domestic races of notifying in advance, record keeping and biosecurity.
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