AFP: French producers of foie gras have called for a mass preventive cull of ducks to try to halt the spread of a severe strain of bird flu that is ripping through poultry farms in the south-west of the country. The highly pathogenic H5N8 virus was first detected in a bird in a pet shop … Continue reading DE-LIVER THEM FROM EVIL: France planning mass slaughter of ducks, as bird flu hits ‘foie gras’ farming industry