meat is murder

Just as Christmas approaches and people celebrate the birth of one life by the commercialised mass killing of another, turkeys have developed bird flu.
( 22 million turkeys are killed each year in licensed plants with an estimated 10 million being killed at Christmas (based on consumption figures, DEFRA, 23/10/2001). )

WARSAW, Poland: Turkeys at two poultry farms in central Poland have tested positive for the H5N1 strain of bird flu, authorities said Saturday. It is the country’s first reported case of the deadly virus in domestic livestock.

The outbreak occurred on two turkey farms near the city of Plock, some 100 kilometers (60 miles) northwest of Warsaw, said deputy chief state veterinarian Krzysztof Jazdzewski.

Initial tests indicate the H5N1 strain of the virus, and samples have been sent to the State Veterinary Institute in Pulawy for final confirmation, Jazdzewski said.

He added that authorities plan to cull more than 4,000 birds from the two farms.

Authorities ordered farmers to keep poultry indoors and launched inspections of farms within three kilometers (2 miles) of the outbreak.