Duck on the table - What about bird flue

Now that there have been numerous case of bird flue found in animals in southern Hungary and the government is butchering ducks and geese by the tens of thousands, I suddenly started seeing duck dishes all over town. I am sure this is only because I suddenly became more aware of the bird flue issue, nevertheless it is quite disheartening to see so many kinds of duck dishes in restaurants.

Last night we ate out at Goa Cafe on Andrassy Street and I was really tempted to try one of those duck specialities with walnut sauce. But then I decided against.

The farmers whose livestock gets annihilated in connection with the bird flue epidemics are compensated to some extent but they will still suffer significant losses. The government compensates losses arising because of the "destruction" of poultry but there is no compensation, for example, after the meat that has already been packed and prepared for sale. Naturally, these stocks will have to be destroyed too.