Tag: ducks
Schwandorf: 70,000 ducks with avian influenza must be killed – Bavaria
After the outbreak of avian influenza in a farm in the district of Schwandorf, all of the around 70,000 ducks kept there are to be killed. As a spokesman for…
The force-feeding of ducks intended to make foie gras denounced in a video by L214
In a new video posted by the L214 association, you can see sick ducks, sometimes dying, some are left dead on the ground, in deplorable hygienic conditions. According to animal…
Breeders turn to force-feeding ducks for foie gras
How to overcome the shortage of foie gras in view of the holidays? Because of the avian flu, lack of ducklings, the breeders of the Gers force-feed ducks. Problem, the…
36,500 ducks slaughtered in a farm in Morbihan
The carnage continues. Since this summer, the avian flu epidemic has been wreaking havoc on farms, particularly in western France. A new outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza was thus…
Awards Ceremony: Ig Nobel Prizes: Constipated Scorpions and Ducks in Formation
Curious research and a lot of slapstick: The Ig Nobel Prizes are a cult. Because of the corona pandemic, the shrill gala could only take place online again – but…
An outbreak of bird flu detected, 43,000 ducks slaughtered in a farm
A first outbreak had already been detected on August 17 in a farm in the town of Ploërmel, resulting in the slaughter of 3,500 turkeys. The authorities announce this Thursday…
Laurent Baffie brandishes “a duck’s head” to defend the Animalist Party
“Better a duck’s head than a stupid head,” humorist Laurent Baffie told reporters on Wednesday, campaigning in Paris for the Animalist Party (PA), whose official poster he brandished with a…
Germany ducks away from the hard decisions of war. – Opinion
comment by Stephen Cornelius Despite the successes of Ukrainian soldiers, ships sunk or Russian troops retreating, little has changed in the dynamics of this war. The brutal determination of the…
6,000 ducks slaughtered in the first outbreak of avian flu in the department
After Morbihan, it is the neighboring department of Ille-et-Vilaine which is affected. Saturday evening, the prefecture announced that a first outbreak of avian flu had been detected in Essé, not…
15,000 ducks slaughtered after the discovery of a case of avian flu
After having affected several European countries, the avian influenza epidemic is now wreaking havoc in France. As of March 15, 792 homes were thus contaminated in the country, particularly in…