Under the specter of an untreatable avian flu virus, Hong Kong began a slaughter of chickens, ducks, and other fowl intended to eradicate all the city's estimated 1.2 million domesticated birds. The dead animals - some gassed en masse, some killed individually by owners - will be buried in a landfill. The city plans a program to certify newly imported birds as free of the virus that so far has infected 13 people, killing four.
HK Bird Slaughter
Under the specter of an untreatable avian flu virus, Hong Kong began a slaughter of chickens, ducks, and other fowl intended to eradicate all the city's estimated 1.2 million domesticated birds. The dead animals - some gassed en masse, some killed individually by owners - will be buried in a landfill. The city plans a program to certify newly imported birds as free of the virus that so far has infected 13 people, killing four.
