UK: In Great Britain, half of the turkeys that would be eaten at Christmas ended up slaughtered due to avian flu crisis

LONDON, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Around half of Britain's free-range turkeys and geese raised for Christmas have died or been culled in the biggest outbreak of bird flu in the country's history, an industry chief said on Tuesday. -fair. Richard Griffiths, chief executive of the British Poultry Council, told lawmakers that British farmers typically produce 1.2 million to 1.3 million free-range birds for the festive period. “We saw around 600,000 of these free-range birds being directly affected,” he said. Giving evidence to Parliament's Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, Griffiths said that total UK Christmas turkey production is typically 8.5 to 9 million birds. Of ...