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Nathaniel0007 t1_iui8wit wrote
ok46reddit t1_iui9her wrote
Goodbye to that 'free range' market.
chibiace t1_iuia3d0 wrote
probably still be on the label.
ok46reddit t1_iuiax4n wrote
You aren't wrong.
https://www.claimsjournal.com/news/national/2022/05/04/310253.htm >In France, where the government has temporarily required farmers to keep chickens indoors since November, some retailers are defying obligations to post clear information for consumers about the mandate, according to checks of grocery stores by Reuters.
autotldr t1_iuibiwl wrote
This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 79%. (I'm a bot)
> Orders to keep all captive birds and poultry indoors are being extended across the whole of England from next week.
> It comes after the national risk of bird flu in wild birds was raised to 'very high', and the whole of Great Britain was made a bird flu prevention zone two weeks ago.
> "Chief veterinary officer Christine Middlemiss said:"We are now facing this year the largest ever outbreak of bird flu and are seeing rapid escalation in the number of cases on commercial farms and in backyard birds across England.
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bananafor t1_iuihaar wrote
They'd be indoors at night even if they ranged in the day.
lifeequalsdepressing t1_iuijbgp wrote
The point of keeping them indoors is to prevent the disease from reaching the chickens in the first place via other birds flying in and commingling with them outdoors.
NoStorage2821 t1_iuj191s wrote
I opened the window and influenza
punxcs t1_iuj8pua wrote
Migratory birds are the real victims here. There’s some 4+ billion birds migrating in and out of Europe and the UK right now, many whose numbers have taken decades to recover after human interaction in the past.
This strain of HPAI comes from farmed poultry, and it is going to destroy the diversity and ecosystems all over the world.
they_ca_ntseeFCE300 t1_iuj98j7 wrote
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FourWordComment t1_iuje1r0 wrote
This is a necessary milestone in the “make V for Vendetta real” playbook.
Separate UK from the globe. Make farmed products a luxury. Have masked vigilante steal butter.
KillaDay t1_iuk9iib wrote
Like it ever mattered
gaukonigshofen t1_iui8cbf wrote
wouldn't keeping them primarily indoors, greatly increase chance of spread?