2007 - Chinese year of the Chicken - Bird Flu Pandemic devastates parts of Asia

* 2008 - Chinese year of the Horse - Equine Influenza decimates Australian racing
* 2009 - Chinese year of the Pig - Swine Flu Pandemic kills hundreds of pigs/humans around the globe

It gets worse........

Next year......

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2010 - Chinese year of the cork - what could possibly go wrong?