cull
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As avian flu spread like wildfire through the industry, poultry farmers were forced to cull 26 million birds, leading prices to skyrocket.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
But now fresh questions are being raised over how the cattle cull operation was carried out.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
A row is growing over the potential cull of Dartmoor's hill ponies as campaigners warn Natural England's approach to conserving the landscape could "devastate" the endangered breed.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
Campaigners said requirements to cut livestock grazing on the moor's commons, under new contracts from the government's conservation agency, could lead to the removal - and likely cull - of up to 90% hill ponies.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
There Call, his hands in heavy rubber gloves, would cull, using a culling hammer.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
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The model, which does not source without permission, culls mountains of data about the natural world from partners including the Smithsonian, London’s Natural History Museum and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026
She told AFP that because of the animal culls, her milk deliveries have fallen by up to 50 percent, resulting in a corresponding reduction in feta production.
From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026
Its chief executive, SJ Hunt, said the charity was trying to make sure those in need were benefiting from deer culls in their own region.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026
Meanwhile, there are too few indications that China’s economic slowdown is leading to the sort of business upheaval that culls lagging businesses in a recession.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026
If shaken from the tree, poured out carelessly, or jolted about in a lumber wagon, it simply increases the culls and decreases the cash returns.
From The Apple by Various
AI-driven answers culled from sifting information in large language models might lack important context or fail to interpret it correctly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Sinn Féin councillor Eugene McConnell said that while there may have been valid reasons for the farm animals to be culled, the public way it was carried out was "disturbing".
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
The price of eggs shot up after millions of hens were culled following the UK's worst outbreak of avian flu between 2021 and 2023.
From BBC ● May 24, 2026
Supplies have recovered, with the number of chickens culled during the last fiscal quarter down 70.6%, according to U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 1, 2026
Here are examples of how I culled information relating to Bigger from my reading: There is in me a memory of reading an interesting pamphlet telling of the friendship of Gorky and Lenin in exile.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
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“I always think, like the song, about cleaning it up or at least culling it so I could get all the records off the floor and onto the shelves.”
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026
According to Shanker, limited culling may sometimes discourage wild animals from entering human-dominated areas more effectively than several other approaches currently in use.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
This week, host Scott Pelley was also fired after he confronted newsroom leadership about the culling in a tense staff meeting.
From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026
Asked whether Wales could see badger culling in future in response to bovine TB he said he agreed with Wales' TB Programme Board that the disease should be addressed "in wildlife" as well as livestock.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
There Call, his hands in heavy rubber gloves, would cull, using a culling hammer.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
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