No birds for Colac Show’s ag section

Key points

• Colac Show will not hold a poultry section this year, after organisers decided to remove it to reduce the risk of bird flu.
• Officials described the choice as a tough one, noting that many other Victorian country shows have made the same decision during the current H5 bird flu outbreak.
• The poultry section has been cut from the 160th edition of the event, according to Ray Thomas, who confirmed the decision on behalf of the show's organisers.