Bird flu has periodically been detected at major poultry producers, leading to hundreds of thousands or even millions of chickens being killed. Why is no one questioning this procedure? Have we learned absolutely nothing from all of the lies and government dictates surrounding Covid? Remember how many people who had contracted and recovered from Covid and thus developed immunity were still required to get the jab (with its own risks)? Real solutions can be found when you are able to find a way to avoid the one-and-only option the government is willing to allow.
These birds were able to recover and may now be far more resistant to future exposures to this or similar diseases. Too bad so many millions of chickens have not been given that opportunity, including the possibility of passing on that resistance to offspring.
A Cruel Way to Control Bird Flu? Poultry Giants Cull and Cash In
Some animal welfare advocates, pointing to recent outbreaks that were allowed to run their course, question whether killing every bird on an affected farm is even the right approach. When H5N1 hit Harvest Home Animal Sanctuary in California in February 2023, killing three birds, the farm’s operators steeled themselves for a state-mandated culling. Instead, California agriculture officials, citing a recently created exemption for farms that do not produce food, said they would spare the birds as long as strict quarantine measures were put in place for 120 days.
Over the next few weeks, the virus claimed 26 of the farm’s 160 chickens, ducks and turkeys, but the others survived, even those that had appeared visibly ill, according to Christine Morrissey, the sanctuary’s executive director.
She said the experience suggested that mass cullings might be unnecessary. “There needs to be more research and effort put into finding other ways of responding to this virus,” Ms. Morrissey said, “because depopulation is horrifying and it’s not solving the problem at hand.”
These birds were able to recover and may now be far more resistant to future exposures to this or similar diseases. Too bad so many millions of chickens have not been given that opportunity, including the possibility of passing on that resistance to offspring.