As part of the state's plan to tackle "bird flu," California officials have ordered the depopulation of 1.5 million chickens and turkeys. The culling of the birds is part of an effort to prevent avian influenza from spreading across California's poultry ranches. State officials, working with the Biden-Harris administration's U.S.…

Poultry supplies are coming under increasing threat as bird flu continues to spread worldwide, experts are warning. Entire flocks are often culled even when only one bird tests positive because the disease is extremely deadly to poultry. Veterinarians and disease experts told Reuters in a new interview that the avian-borne virus…