Bird flu is so bad that Japan is running out of land to bury chickens

More than 17 million birds have been killed in Japan because of the current bird flu outbreak. - Reuters

TOKYO (Bloomberg): Japan’s worst-ever bird flu outbreak has decimated its poultry flocks and sent egg prices soaring. Now there’s a lack of space to bury dead chickens.

More than 17 million birds have been killed nationwide this season. The disposal of carcasses must be done properly to prevent spreading the virus or contaminating water supplies. Local governments and farmers say there’s a shortage of suitable land to bury them, national broadcaster NHK reported.