Bird flu may kill badminton grand prix
Posted: February 15th, 2008 - 1:15pm by Ben Chapman
The Times of India reports today that avian influenza may cost India its first grand prix badminton tournament.
The story says:Bird flu outbreaks in China had made India ban import of all premium goose feathers of Chinese origin to manufacture shuttlecocks.
In a last-minute bid to save India the blushes, BAI president V K Verma has shot off letters to secretaries in the animal husbandry department and the ministries of health and agriculture, as well as to the Sports Authority of India, urging them to review the ban.
Interesting fallout from the animal disease outbreak.
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