Overhaul poultry farming to tackle spread of bird flu, urge campaigners

Barn farmed hens. More than half a billion farmed birds have died or been culled globally due to bird flu since 2021. Photograph: Mark Henderson/Alamy

The industrial poultry farming sector needs to be radically restructured to stop the spread of bird flu, says a report that argues wild birds are victims rather than the main vectors of the disease.

Bird flu is spiralling out of control and being spread by intensive poultry farms, according toreport by the campaign group Compassion in World Farming (CIWF).