Thousands of people, from the researches, to the authorities, to the workers in the field, are suffering this trauma ten fold. Imagine yourself, as part of you

Thousands of people, from the researches, to the authorities, to the workers in the field, are suffering this trauma ten fold. Imagine yourself, as part of your job, having to go to someone's house and murder their chickens, while they scream and cry? Now picture yourself doing that every day, 8 hours a day, for months on end. Imagine being the person giving the orders to kill. The researcher advising it. But this article doesn't focus on that tragedy. It doesn't tell the story of those heroes who are trying to _save_ billions of animals. These actions are necessary. The article doesn't even argue against that, and no one in their right mind would think that California and all of its workers are going out of their way to spend hundreds of millions of dollars just to kill people's chickens. We know what happens when diseases get out of control. Whole species are wiped out. It's happened before, and it can happen again. We eat hundreds of millions of chickens a year in California already; 1.2 million is a fraction of a percent. A small price to pay to save the tens of billions of chickens in the world. So instead of bringing the spotlight to honor these people having to do the dirty work to save our animals, we get an article feigning outrage and showcasing the reckless behavior of a few people. It's hard for me grind an axe against those families that have had to suffer through the loss of their animals, even if the killing is for a "good reason". Humans never fair well at that violent line between emotion and reason. But there's no two ways about it. Livestreaming the killing of animals on the internet, and inciting people to spread a deadly disease is reckless. It will only lead to far more death. You can't call yourself an animal lover and then tell people to ignore the very real threat of a disease that could wipe out billions of animals. The disease doesn't care whether that chicken is food or your family pet. It doesn't care that about your likes on facebook. It doesn't care about how much your care for your animals. It is here to kill, brutally and efficently, for no reason at all. I can't imagine an evil greater than disease, no matter how much distrust you may have for people. I suppose I'm just frustrated by the multitude of spotlights the media is willing to shine on irrational human behavior. There's a story, just as tragic and beautiful in its own way, to be told by those on the other side of this fabricated controversy, but this article ignores that. The title of the article asks "Is it reckless or necessary?" The euthanisia was necessary. This article was reckless.