Observed arrival · 2026-10-18
Operation Rooster maps the cost of mass poultry culls
A team organized by farmers affected by an avian-flu cull argues for changing South Korea’s culling-centered disease response and presents data on a decade of poultry culls.
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- It reports that 48% of 187 farms culled in 2025/26 had received no compensation or only partial compensation as of October 2026.
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The explainer says Article 20 of South Korea’s Livestock Infectious Disease Prevention Act authorizes local government heads to order culling, with penalties for farmers who refuse. The data section distinguishes culling and burial or heat-treatment costs from compensation paid to farms, and notes that some 2025/26 figures were still being calculated.
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