Bird flu housing orders lifted in England and Wales

Chickens in a barn on a farm in Somerset, England

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It means poultry and other captive birds will no longer need to be housed and can now be kept outside, unless keepers are in a protection zone or captive bird monitoring (controlled) zone

England and Wales have lifted their bird flu housing orders after Defra’s latest risk assessment found the risk of highly pathogenic avian influenza levels in wild birds and poultry had reduced.

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