Officials in Nepal and India are alleging birds migrating from Siberia are responsible for cases of bird flu in domestic fowl.
One-year-old bird has become a minor celebrity and attracts hundreds of visitors a week and even has its own Facebook page.
Virologist Dr Vladimir Blinov fears comeback of flu strain which cost two million lives in 1957.
Inspectors fear a ‘gross misuse of bio-waste’ from a bankrupt poultry farm in Primorsky region.