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Niger reports severe bird flu among poultry, says WOAH

Niger has reported the highly contagious H5N1 strain of avian influenza, or bird flu, among poultry in a village in the south of the country, the Paris-based World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Bird flu detected among Islay's significant geese population

BIRD flu has been detected amongst an internationally important population of geese on a Scottish island.

The National (Scotland)

Urgent warning to dog walkers after bird flu outbreak

"People should still keep dogs on leads and not touch sick or dead wild birds"

Manchester Evening News

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Europe in midst of worst ever bird flu outbreak, authorities warn

Europe is enduring the most devastating bird flu season in its history, with some 50 million birds slaughtered on affected farms, European health authorities say.

Radio France Internationale

NI's chief vet warns bird flu 'doesn't take a break for Christmas'

All poultry keepers are required by law to keep their birds inside

Belfast Live

Hungary reports H5N1 bird flu at turkey farm

Hungary has reported an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu virus at a turkey farm, the National Food Chain Safety Office (Nebih) said on Tuesday.

Reuters

One hundred swans and geese dead as bird flu rages in London’s parks

His Majesty’s Warden of the Swans called it “unprecedented”

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Pet psychic predicts bird flu and a kangaroo pox outbreak in 2023

Samantha Milns also says mice, butterflies and seals will enjoy a bountiful summer

Wales Online

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

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

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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

The Independent UK

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 Guardian - 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

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WEKU

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.

The Independent UK

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

Fortune

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.”

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.

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