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SHOTLIST 1. Poultry farm in Spandau, near Berlin 2. Various geese and ducks in farm yard 3. Farmer Gabriele Schalk feeding geese 4. SOUNDBITE (German) Gabriele Schalk, Poultry Farmer: "This order means that I have to lock my animals inside. But I don't have enough room for them. They are not used to being inside, they are used to spending their time outside. Being inside will stress them." 5. Cutaway geese 6. SOUNDBITE (German) Gabriele Schalk, Poultry Farmer: "I will have to slaughter the ducks. First I wanted to put them with the horses, but I can't isolate that stable and the fox will kill them. So, as sorry as I feel about this, I will start slaughtering." 7. Gabriele Schalk showing the designated stable for her flock 8. SOUNDBITE (German) Gabriele Schalk, Poultry Farmer: "Everything is too small in there." 9. Various geese 10. Chickens in cage 11. Various chickens at farm in Laake, near Berlin 12. SOUNDBITE (German) Peter Schulltz, Chicken Farmer: "This cage is excepted by the officials because it has a roof and the wire netting is very dense. So there won't be a problem. " 13. Various chickens STORYLINE Poultry farmers across Germany have been ordered to lock up their flocks from Saturday, in a defensive measure against avian bird flu. The Ministry for Agriculture took the emergency decision after a case of the deadly H5N1 virus bird-flu was discovered near Moscow. The birds must be kept indoors because migratory birds from the European part of Russia fly over Germany as they make their way south for the winter. Farmers who don't comply will be fined up to 25-thousand euro (just over 30-thousand US dollars). But many say they will be unable to house all their birds under cover because they don't have enough space. They fear the only solution is to slaughter their free-ranging birds. The order to lock poultry away will be applicable until December 15, when the annual bird migration ends. Anxiety over bird flu has been mounting in recent days as evidence grows of its spread across Europe. Bird flu - a common ailment afflicting fowl - is difficult for people to contract and most human cases have been linked to direct physical contact with sick birds. But scientists are concerned a particularly lethal strain now circulating, known as H5N1, could mutate into a form easily transmitted between people, triggering a human flu pandemic. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/a7c466804a1a29ad20f1f7437687e99c Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork