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Monday, November 23, 2009

Photo: Bird Flu Fears May Clip the Wings of Key West Chickens


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A young visitor to the Chicken Store in Key West, Florida, looks at the birds housed there on April 5, 2006.

Concerns about bird flu reaching the island's famous—or infamous—birds have reignited a long-smoldering debate about whether the fowl should be allowed to continue to roam free.

Photograph courtesy AP Photo/J. Pat Carter