https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Some 600,000 more ducks are set to be culled in an attempt to stop a bird flu outbreak in the south west. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170221/france-to-cull-600000-ducks-in-fight-against-bird-flu-virus Tue, 21 Feb 2017 10:54:07 +0100 france-to-cull-600000-ducks-in-fight-against-bird-flu-virus Authorities in south-west France began a cull of hundreds of thousands of ducks Thursday as authorities scramble to contain an outbreak of a virulent strain of bird flu sweeping Europe. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170105/bird-flu-outbreak-forces-france-to-launch-mass-duck-cull Thu, 05 Jan 2017 15:46:07 +0100 bird-flu-outbreak-forces-france-to-launch-mass-duck-cull France's agriculture ministry on Tuesday announced that the whole country was under "high risk" restrictions after a strain of bird flu was discovered in the country's south west. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161207/france-placed-on-high-risk-alert-as-bird-flu-outbreak-spreads Wed, 07 Dec 2016 10:20:33 +0100 france-placed-on-high-risk-alert-as-bird-flu-outbreak-spreads Bird flu outbreaks in nearby countries have prompted France to take extra measures to restrict the chances of contamination on home soil. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161117/france-on-alert-as-bird-flu-spreads-across-europe Thu, 17 Nov 2016 17:03:55 +0100 france-on-alert-as-bird-flu-spreads-across-europe Already assailed by animal-rights groups, France's foie gras industry now faces a fight on a second front: bird flu. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160121/frances-foie-gras-industry-fights-bird-flu-and-rights-groups Thu, 21 Jan 2016 08:41:13 +0100 frances-foie-gras-industry-fights-bird-flu-and-rights-groups Poultry farmers in southwestern France have been ordered to freeze production of geese and ducks at least until late May as part of efforts to eradicate bird flu, the agriculture ministry said Thursday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160115/bird-flu-sees-halt-in-poultry-farming-in-south-west-france Fri, 15 Jan 2016 08:26:36 +0100 bird-flu-sees-halt-in-poultry-farming-in-south-west-france France reported three more cases of highly pathogenic bird flu in the southwest of the country on Monday, just as the demand for foie gras is set to peak for the festive season. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151208/new-cases-of-bird-flu-found-in-france Tue, 08 Dec 2015 09:40:58 +0100 new-cases-of-bird-flu-found-in-france Japan has banned imports of foie gras from France following a bird flu outbreak in the Dordogne region of the country. Japan is the biggest importer of the controversial delicacy. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151204/japan-bans-french-foie-gras-over-bird-flu-fears Fri, 04 Dec 2015 13:40:51 +0100 japan-bans-french-foie-gras-over-bird-flu-fears A case of bird flu has been detected in France for the fist time since 2006 after a outbreak was reported in the Dordogne area. An emergency response plan has been launched. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151125/case-of-bird-flu-found-in-dordogne Wed, 25 Nov 2015 12:59:19 +0100 case-of-bird-flu-found-in-dordogne