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Thousands of birds dying from lethal strain of avian flu in UK [video]
- vanilla-almond 4y agoSummary: This report looks at the impact of avian flu on wild birds around the coast of Scotland. - It is believed avian flu emerged from industrial poultry farming from East Asia about 25 years ago. - In farmed poultry there are some measures like vaccination and security to control avian flu. It has now spilled into wild birds where it cannot be controlled. - Over 70 million infected poultry has been culled globally recently. The bleak summary at the end of the video report: "Our unquenchable thirst desire for cheap chicken now threaten whole species of seabirds globally. And may yet threaten us."