A cat licks its paw outside the small holding of Family Lammertz, the site where a cat infected with bird flu was found dead, in Seehof near the small village of Schaprode on the Baltic island of Ruegen March 2, 2006. [A cat that was found dead in northern Germany with the H5N1 bird flu virus had the highly pathogenic Asian strain that can be transmitted to humans, an institute specialising in veterinary diseases said on Thursday. Experts believe the cat, which was also found on Ruegen, probably contracted the disease by eating infected birds.]