Filename:
WAM22622
Headline:
Masses of dead hens lie piled inside the bucket of a loader as they are carried to a dumpster at an egg farm. The hens have been killed and are being removed from the farm due to an outbreak of the H5N1 avian influenza virus at the facility. Prague, Czechia, 2021. Lukas Vincour / Zvirata Nejime / We Animals
Description:
In 2021, the highly contagious avian flu virus swept across Europe and millions of birds either died or were put to death to mitigate the spread. At least two outbreaks of the H5N1 bird flu virus type, also known as Asian Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, occurred in Czechia (Czech Republic) in 2021. The second outbreak occurred on a commercial egg production farm in Libotenice, located north of Prague. At this farm, more than half its population of at least 188,000 hens died from the virus. The rest, numbering approximately 80,000 individuals, were killed by gassing and their bodies disposed of by authorities to stop the virus’s spread. According to Czechia’s State Veterinary Association, this was one of the country’s largest-ever outbreaks of bird flu. Culling in Czechia in 2021 was not limited to chickens; elsewhere in the country, authorities killed over 5,000 farmed pheasants also affected by the virus.
Area of Focus:
Food Systems,Farmed Animals
Supplemental categories:
Factory Farming, Slaughter, Farmed Chickens, Culls, Food Systems, Chickens
City:
Prague
Country:
Czechia
Photographer/Filmmaker:
Lukas Vincour
Credit:
Lukas Vincour / Zvířata Nejíme / We Animals
Year:
2021
License Type(s):
Non-Commercial Use, Commercial Use
WA Keywords:
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