US farms lobby to use 'cruellest' killing method as bird flu rages

Controversial killing method could become preferred option despite vets saying it should only be used as a last resortUS agriculture officials are being lobbied to make it easier for chicken farmers to use the "cruellest option" for killing birds affected by the continuing bird flu epidemic.More than 49 million poultry birds in the US have either died as a result of bird flu or have been culled due to exposure to infected birds, echoing the havoc the disease has caused the European poultry and wild bird populations. Continue reading...