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Australia culls ducks in bid to stop bird flu outbreak
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia on Wednesday was in the process of killing 24,000 ducks in the hope of stemming an outbreak of bird flu that led to a ban on Australian exports of poultry products to Japan, along with some restrictions by some other Asian countries. The executive director of the Australian Chicken Foundation, Andreas Dubs, said the ducks were being destroyed after testing positive ...