Ceratisa t1_iy8q7s4 wrote on November 29, 2022 at 4:23 PM

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Sad pre-dinner fate for these little gobblers

autotldr t1_iy8reqv wrote on November 29, 2022 at 4:31 PM

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This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 63%. (I'm a bot)

> Half of the free range turkeys produced for Christmas in the UK have been culled or have died due to bird flu, an industry chief has told MPs. Richard Griffiths, chief executive of the British Poultry Council, said that 600,000 out of about 1.3 million free range birds had been lost.

> There are expected to be supply issues regarding free range turkeys as a result, but farmers say they are not sure if there will be price rises.

> Defra and the British Poultry Council stress the issue is with free range turkeys, and there are no issues about supplies of other birds.

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joefred111 t1_iy8sbrb wrote on November 29, 2022 at 4:37 PM

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Juuuuust missed Turkey Day.

Ceratisa t1_iy8thvh wrote on November 29, 2022 at 4:45 PM

#769,065

Replying to joefred111 (#768,783)

Turkey is very popular in American Christmas celebrations as well.

[deleted] t1_iy8va2n wrote on November 29, 2022 at 4:57 PM

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MisterRipster t1_iy8vvl1 wrote on November 29, 2022 at 5:01 PM

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Any word on a vaccine?

anti-DHMO-activist t1_iy8zxja wrote on November 29, 2022 at 5:28 PM

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Replying to [deleted] (#769,475)

Are you trying to allude to something about that being weird?

Obviously those viruses get insanely bad during those times, that's when the birds in the northern hemisphere fly south during the winter.

Which is also why bird flu is so problematic, since birds are basically plane passengers.

Oil price is a very different thing and the pricing doesn't really have anything to do with reality. It's priced as high as the market can pay - no matter if a tanker goes down or not. Especially since they are typically similarly changed worldwide, which a tanker simply doesn't affect.

Oil is a disgusting example of what happens when international cartels have the power over a commodity.

Side note, regarding "what the market can pay": In germany, we're currently paying 1.75€ per liter. Something like 7€ per US gallon. That's what will arrive in your country at some point too, so better get ready now and change to an electric car and heating via heatpump if possible.