Miyazaki begins disposal of 12,000 chickens due to bird flu

Miyazaki begins disposal of 12,000 chickens due to bird flu

KIYOTAKE, Japan - Workers clad in protective clothing getting ready Jan. 14 to cull 12,000 chickens at a chicken farm in Kiyotake, Miyazaki Prefecture after more than 3,000 birds there died from bird flu. About 150 workers have been assigned to carry out the culling by carbon dioxide.

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