Mexico Kills 8 Million Chickens To Contain H7N3 Virus 105
An anonymous reader writes "Mexico has so far slaughtered eight million chickens and vaccinated 66 million more in an effort to contain a bird flu outbreak in the west of the country, officials said Tuesday. The country's agriculture ministry had identified the diseased chickens during the vaccination process in the Los Altos region of Jalisco state, which led to the destruction of the H7N3-carrying birds."
In unrelated news... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Bird Shoah (Score:4, Funny)
These scapegoat crimes against chickens have to stop!
Some human child gets the sniffles? It was the chickens! Those evil chickens did it!
The pigs become contaminted with flu? Those dirty chickens are surley to blame!
First they came for the chickens, and nobody spoke out.
Then they came for the swine, and I said nothing.
Then they blamed the geese and waterfowl..
And then they blamed me for going on an international flight with a runny nose, and nobody was left to defend me!
When will this madness end!? Stop blaming the poor chickens!
Won't somebody think of the poor chickens!?
A great disturbance in the force... (Score:5, Funny)
"I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened."
Chickens slaughtered: geeks everywhere lament (Score:4, Funny)
slaughtered eight million chickens
This is supposed to be news for nerds, not news for geeks [merriam-webster.com].
News for nerds? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:In unrelated news... (Score:2, Funny)
There you go again wishing pestilence upon those you disagree with.
Who else? Certainly not pestilence with those that agree with you...
Re:A great disturbance in the force... (Score:5, Funny)
Am I the only one who heard that in the voice of Gonzo [nocookie.net]?
What is it? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:In unrelated news... (Score:5, Funny)
I'm just waiting for Jenny McCarthy to start complaining about how the other 66 million chickens will develop autism.