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Long Island’s last duck farm weighs closure after outbreak leads to killing of entire flock
NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s Long Island was once synonymous with “duck” in the culinary world. Now it may lose its last ...
Fundraiser for Crescent Duck Farm workers at North Fork Brewing Company hopes to save a Long Island tradition
North Fork Brewing Company contributed $1 from every pint and pack of beer sold and 20% of sales from a food truck, plus 100% ...
Bird flu outbreak hits Crescent Duck Farm in Aquebogue; 99,000 birds being euthanized
Established in 1908, the Aquebogue site is the last commercial duck farm on Long Island, once world-renowned for its ducks.
LI’s last duck farm forced to shutter and euthanize nearly 100K birds due to outbreak of contagious bird flu
An outbreak of H5N1 bird flu has struck Long Island’s last remaining duck farm and forced the operators to put down 99,000 birds, according to reports. Farm’s operator Doug Corwin broke down in tears ...
Community Flocks To Help LI Duck Farm Devastated By Avian Bird Flu
"Locals helping locals." The community will come together with an auction to help Crescent Duck Farm, which had to euthanize ...
Bird flu ravages Long Island’s last major duck farm; 100,000 birds to be killed
Crescent Duck Farm in Aquebogue will have to euthanize every bird at the facility after H5N1 bird flu was confirmed in the ...
A new strain of bird flu is found on a California duck farm
A new strain of H5N9 bird flu was detected at a commercial duck operation in California's Merced County. All the ducks were ...
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Long Island’s last duck farm weighs closure after outbreak leads to killing of entire flock
including many who had worked there for decades as the farm’s revenue cratered. “If duck farming isn’t an option, I’m not sure what we’d do,” he said. “We’re not really set up for ...