
‘Farmers subsidised to phase out Frankenchickens’…
This made the headlines in The Telegraph recently, which means that the Government has committed to phase out the breeding of fast-growing chickens for meat, otherwise known as broilers.
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This made the headlines in The Telegraph recently, which means that the Government has committed to phase out the breeding of fast-growing chickens for meat, otherwise known as broilers.
Another strain of bird flu has made the jump from birds to humans, this time in a poultry farm in Russia, bringing a potential flu pandemic a step closer.
The highly contagious bird flu virus strain H5N8 has infected seven workers in Russia proving that factory farming is a ticking time bomb for future pandemics.
Some 9 in 10 Britons want the Government to introduce an immediate ban on intensive farming methods amid concerns over killer viruses. A new poll out today will reveal 85 percent want to see an end to so-called ‘factory farms’.