Proposed chicken cull is on hold
A proposed cull of feral chickens in the Cayman Islands has been put on hold. Director of the Department of Agriculture Wilbur Welcome confirmed on 24 March that “the initiative is currently on hold pending funding approval”.
The proposed chicken cull was announced after an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza, H5N1, was confirmed on 28 Nov. 2025 at a poultry farm in West Bay. For a more complete summary of the story, please see the below link:
Published on: Mar 29, 2026 03:09 PM