With the H5N1 bird flu virus likely here to stay, some poultry producers, disease experts and government officials are questioning the practice of widespread culling in response to outbreaks.

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins have expressed interest in letting H5N1 ...

Bird flu continues to spread quickly through the U.S. farm system because that system is inherently a viral playground.

Bird flu appeared in a Texas dairy farm in March 2024. ... that process is labor-intensive and extremely unpleasant, and a number of the people infected caught the virus while culling chickens.

Chicken culling, disposal raise concern as bird flu spreads. By Leah Douglas. July 19, 2024 9:26 PM UTC Updated July 19, 2024 July 18 (Reuters) - The spread of bird flu among poultry ...

Poultry flocks infected with bird flu are culled to prevent the spread of the virus whereas culling wild birds is generally not feasible, contrary to posts online that suggest only domesticated ...

Bird flu currently poses little threat to humans, but it’s hell for the birds. ... Officials responded by culling all 1.3 million chickens in Hong Kong in the winter of 1997-98.

As bird flu continues to spread, ... Since 2020, the Department of Agriculture has paid $1.1 billion to hundreds of egg producers who had to cull their flocks to stop bird flu from spreading, ...

A cull of birds is to be carried out in an area of Herefordshire following the confirmation of avian influenza. A 3km (1.8 mile) captive bird monitoring zone has been declared around a premises in ...

Bird flu outbreak in Israel kills more than 5,200 cranes, with mass culling of poultry underway Updated December 28, 2021 More than 3 years ago Two dead cranes at the Hula Lake conservation area ...

Health workers begin culling ducks after avian flu was detected among domestic birds in Alappuzha district, Kerala state, India, on January 5, 2021. Prakash Elamakkara/AP. New Delhi CNN — ...