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RCIPS Holiday crime prevention
As we head into the busy holiday period, the RCIPS is launching Operation Winter Guardian.
Chief Superintendent Brad Ebanks explains the steps police are taking to enhance safety and how the public can stay alert and secure throughout the season.
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Cayman Compass
Movement of live poultry banned in Cayman amid bird flu outbreak
In an attempt to stop transmission of avian flu between the islands, the Department of Agriculture has suspended all movement of live birds between Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac and Little Cayman, halting both imports and exports across internal air and sea routes for the next 21 days.
The freeze applies to all live avian species – chickens, turkeys, ducks, pigeons, geese, quail, pheasants and partridges – following the confirmation of an outbreak of avian flu at a farm in West Bay on 28 Nov., where several turkeys were found dead. Testing the following day identified seven additional infected birds.
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