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Three arrested after protesters scale DEFRA building in central London

Three people have been arrested after animal rights protesters scaled the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) building in central London, on Thursday morning, as they sought to draw attention to the bird flu crisis and intensive farming practices.

Evening Standard

Fresh turkey prices rise 45% after shortages from bird flu outbreak

Choice of fresh turkey more limited after 1.6m birds died or were culled this year

The Guardian - UK

Latest Iowa bird flu cases push December total near 700,000

Four new cases of bird flu at Iowa turkey farms in the past few days will push the number of birds slaughtered nationwide this month to limit the spread of the virus up to nearly 700,000

The Independent UK

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Avian flu has led to the killing of 140m farmed birds since last October

Culls and compensation have cost hundreds of millions of pounds in the US, UK and Europe, with current outbreak predicted to worsen

The Guardian - UK

French foie gras prices soar as bird flu gives festive season the shivers

The French delicacy foie gras is in short supply – and prices per kilo are skyrocketing – as the festive season approaches.

Radio France Internationale

UK 'sleepwalking' into food supply crisis as farmers warn of fruit and veg shortages

Supermarkets have been forced to ration eggs after poultry farmers were hit by the double whammy of bird flu and rising costs - and fruit and veg could be next, farming bosses have warned

Daily Mirror

Supermarkets to sell frozen turkeys as fresh - as UK faces 'big shortages'

Supermarkets will be selling frozen turkeys as fresh until the end of the year to ensure families won't go without a turkey this Christmas - as 600,000 birds have died as a result of bird flu

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Pelicans dying as bird flu outbreak spreads to Venezuela

An outbreak of bird flu in pelicans has spread from Peru and Ecuador to Venezuela

The Independent UK

British producers urge shoppers not to buy frozen turkeys for Christmas

Consumers have been warned of a ‘big, big shortage’ of British free range turkeys

The Independent UK

Don’t buy frozen turkeys for Christmas, say British producers of free range birds

Small farmers say reports of ‘shortage’ are driving customers to grab mass-produced poultry from supermarket freezer cabinets

The Guardian - UK

What we know about the deadliest U.S. bird flu outbreak in history

The U.S. is enduring its worst poultry health disaster, with some 52.7 million birds dead. Unlike another recent outbreaks, this one has lasted through the summer — and it's still going strong.

WEKU

Free range eggs ‘will run out by March’ because of bird flu crisis, MP warns

Eggs shortage could drag out until Christmas 2023

The Independent UK

Free range eggs could run out in March as farmers forced to keep birds indoors, MP warns

The government has ordered birds be kept indoors to protect them from the disease

The Independent UK

It's official: This year's bird flu outbreak is now the worst in U.S. history

Prior to this year, the largest bird flu outbreak in U.S. history occurred in 2015, in what the USDA called “arguably the most significant animal health event in U.S. history.”

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Daily Mirror

Second batch of 'cannibal chickens' to be culled as disease spreads to another farm

Poultry lockdowns have hit thick and fast with a worrying rise in avian flu cases over the past year, which is affecting chickens, eggs and Christmas turkeys

Daily Mirror

Which foods are rocketing in price and why - as prices go up by faster than inflation

Supermarket shoppers are grappling with increased prices for their groceries, with soaring food costs due to the war in Ukraine, high fuel prices, bird flu and more

The National (Scotland)

Scotland's chief vet warns bird flu cases could rise in coming weeks

CASES of avian flu in Scotland could increase in the coming weeks, an expert has warned.

Tribune News Service

Fungus, not bird flu, likely cause of goose and duck die-off in southern Minnesota

Bird flu did not cause a large waterfowl die-off last week on a southern Minnesota lake, the Department of Natural Resources determined after testing some of the dead birds.

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Bird flu has killed thousands of Florida’s wild birds this year. Is it here to stay?

TAMPA, Fla. — It was the morning of Jan. 22 when the fears of Florida wildlife biologists became reality.

Daily Record

Public asked to avoid Scots beach as 22 geese found dead amid more bird flu fears

NatureScot is asking members of the public and goose shooters to stay away from Findhorn Bay in Moray.

Wales Online

Christmas dinner crisis: Consumers warned of ‘big, big’ shortage of British free range turkeys

Half of all free range birds produced for festive season have already died because of the bird flu epidemic

Evening Standard

Consumers warned of ‘big, big’ shortage of British free range turkeys this Christmas

Half of the free range turkeys produced for Christmas in the UK have already been killed in the bird flu epidemic, the British Poultry Council said

Manchester Evening News

Shoppers warned of 'big big shortage' of Christmas dinner item

Your Christmas feast could be missing a key ingredient this year

Chronicle Live

Britons warned of 'big, big' turkey shortage this Christmas due to bird flu

It is said that around 36 per cent of poultry farms are currently under restrictions linked to bird flu.

Wales Online

'Big, big' shortage of British free-range turkeys this Christmas

Half of the free-range turkeys produced for Christmas in the UK have already been killed in the bird flu epidemic

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