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As H5 bird flu continues to spread the South East has become one of the epicentres of the deadly disease. Residents have gathered in the tourist town of Robe to learn how to navigate the disease threatening wildlife and livelihoods.

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00:02A community crammed in, keen to understand the impact of the deadly virus.
00:07They're going to potentially cause a lot of impact on our wildlife.
00:11So far it has been confirmed in wildlife, but South East poultry producers are prepared.
00:16We've got our biosecurity plans in place and we're doing what we can, but there's only so much we can
00:20control.
00:21At the local marina, hazmat suits and dead birds have become more common.
00:25Sadly, this is a greater crested turn and he would have fallen afoul of bird flu just by the way
00:32that he's fallen.
00:33Things seem to have escalated quite quickly. Once the bird's deceased, that's okay, it's deceased.
00:39It's the thought of what it goes through before it does pass away.
00:42This escalation causing distress to those reporting the cases.
00:46The closer you are, the more emotionally connected you are, the higher the impact on mental health.
00:51The rising number of bird flu cases initially a worry for tour operator Kylie Peel.
00:57It's sort of a little bit like COVID in a way that everyone's in a panic.
01:00But after last night, it was quite reassuring that we're going to be okay.
01:05While the residents here on the front line have some understanding of the potential impacts of bird flu,
01:10it's not quite clear yet just how devastating it'll be for bird life or the community here.
01:15It's also a spike in the eye that was found by the response to deer and the water face.
01:15It's also a good idea that they're going to have to be okay.
01:16It's very reasonable.
01:16But we're going to be in the opposite direction of the sand, man.
01:16We're going to be right now.
01:16But as soon as we're doing the camera, we're going to try to the camera.
01:16You can see a little bit of camera where the camera is different,
01:16We're going to a little bit too much, but the camera, we're going to look very well with the camera.
01:17It's pretty much more comfortable.
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