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[An Animal-Friendly Life: Vegan links, news, reviews, commentary, and podcasts] Today, five giant multinational agribusiness companies dominate the production and processing of chicken meat in the United States, and, as things seem to be going, especially were the world to be looney enough to adopt genetically modified chickens supposedly resistant to Avian Flu virus, these five companies are about to dominate world chicken supply.The article goes much deeper into the horrors of the industry and discusses how it may successfully exploit birdflu to further globalize their operations, particularly in Asia. A must read.

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