A vet who conducted an autopsy on a batch of dead chickens confirmed that they had all been alive before the aircraft's fly-past Photo: CORBIS French Fighter Jets Killed 4,800 Of My Chickens, Claims Farmer -- The Telegraph
A French poultry farmer is suing his country’s defence ministry, claiming that two low-flying fighter jets frightened almost 5,000 of his chickens to death.
Etienne Le Mahauté, a farmer in the village of Pléguien, Brittany, western France, claims that the military aircraft caused a chicken stampede in which 4,800 of the terrified fowl died of suffocation.
Mr Mahauté said he was having lunch on Tuesday when two military aircraft shot over his farm at very low altitude.
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My Comment: It is clearly a very slow news day in France.
coq au vin!
ReplyDeleteMerci CliffM pour ton suggestion.
ReplyDeleteI will probably prepare this for supper tomorrow.
I made this for supper the other night, and with a lovely mustard-crème sauce with mushrooms and oignons flambéed in cognac. Sighs and noodles, friend. Sighs and noodles~!
ReplyDeleteJewel .... your taste in cuisine is exquisite.
ReplyDeleteMushrooms and oignons flambéed in cognac .... now you are talking.