202200323194 · FOI/EIR · partially withheld
Number of birds which have been culled in Scotland in 2022 due to Avian Flu: EIR release
Information requested
The number of birds which have been culled in Scotland in 2022 due to Avian Flu, or due to the risks the disease poses, organised by location and species.
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Response
The information you have requested is provided below in Table 1 and is accurate up to 1 November 2022.
Table 1 Confirmed cases of highly pathogenic avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N1 in Poultry and/or Captive Birds in Scotland in 2022
Reference Location Date confirmed No. of birds culled Species AIV2022/11 Near Inverurie, Aberdeenshire 22/01/2022 38 Chicken, Duck, Turkey, Geese, Guinea fowl AIV2022/27 Near Collieston, Aberdeenshire 11/03/2022 3 Ducks AIV2022/30 Near Beith, North Ayrshire 18/03/2022 104 Owl, Cockatiel, Ducks, Chickens AIV2022/31 Near Strichen, Aberdeenshire 19/03/2022 89,113 Chickens AIV2022/45 Island of Whalsay, Shetland Islands 30/05/2022 139 Ducks, Chickens AIV2022/50 Near Birsay, Orkney Islands 06/07/2022 10 Chickens AIV2022/114 On Bernera, The Island of Lewis and Harris 08/10/2022 51 Chickens, Guinea fowl AIV2022/119 Near Tankerness, Orkney 14/10/2022 2 Chickens AIV2022/169 Near Huntly, Aberdeenshire 29/10/2022 Not available at this point Chickens AIV2022/170 Near Kirkwall, Orkney 30/10/2022 Not available at this point Chickens, Ducks, Pigeons
Total: 89,460
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We are applying the exemption at section 39(2) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA), so that we do not also have to deal with your request under FOISA. This exemption is subject to the ‘public interest test’. Therefore, taking account of all the circumstances of this case, we have considered if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exemption. We have found that, on balance, the public interest lies in favour of upholding the exemption, because there is no public interest in dealing with the same request under two different regimes.
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