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Tuesday, April 30, 2024

State investigation finds activists may have spread avian flu in Sonoma County last year

SONOMA COUNTY, Calif. (KGO) -- Could animal rights activists have been responsible for spreading avian flu at Sonoma County poultry farms? A new investigation by the State Department of Food and Agriculture finds that is a possibility. But the activists tell us that regulators are trying to divert blame away from problems inherent in the poultry industry.

While the situation has improved, hundreds of thousands of chickens and ducks had to be euthanized after the outbreak last fall, and it caused egg and poultry prices to soar.
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"We killed all those birds to draw attention to how cruel the rest of you are."