Japan to slaughter 1.3 million more chickens with military help amid new bird flu outbreak

Authorities in the Japanese prefecture of Niigata have confirmed a case of bird flu on a farm in the city of Murakami and have decided to slaughter 1.3 million chickens that were raised at the poultry farm. This is stated in the message of the local administration published on Friday. The farm where the poultry will be slaughtered is one of the largest in the region. It grows almost 20% of all chicken in Niigata. The authorities turned to the Self-Defense Forces for help. This season, Japan recorded an anti-record for the number of outbreaks of bird flu. As of the beginning of the year, there were at least 54 of them before the outbreak was confirmed in Niigata. In ...