A truck loaded with carcasses of ducks arrives at the Atemax rendering plant on January 9, 2017 in Agen. Authorities in southwest France began a cull of hundreds of thousands of ducks on January 5 as the government scrambles to contain an outbreak of a virulent strain of bird flu sweeping Europe. The farm birds in France's foie gras heartland are to be slaughtered to stem the spread of the highly pathogenic H5N8 virus. / AFP / MEHDI FEDOUACH (Photo credit should read MEHDI FEDOUACH/AFP/Getty Images)
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