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To fight disease, more than 1.2 million birds have been euthanized

Les Kanawah holds a protest sign outside her Mira Loma, Calif., home on the day her chickens were scheduled to be euthanized.

Les Kanawah holds a protest sign outside her Mira Loma, Calif., home on the day her chickens were scheduled to be euthanized.

  (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)

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For the last year, Southern California has been plagued by an outbreak of virulent Newcastle disease, which can affect all species of birds but is most deadly to chickens.

Virulent Newcastle disease epidemic

Mira Loma community members protest the chicken euthanizations, an effort to curb the spread of virulent Newcastle disease in Southern California.

  (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)

Virulent Newcastle disease epidemic

John Dave Denilofs talks to community members about the protests against euthanizing chickens in Mira Loma, Calif.

  (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)

Virulent Newcastle disease epidemic

Community member Roger Johnson, center, speaks with police officers during the protest against bird euthanization in Mira Loma, Calif.

  (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)

Virulent Newcastle disease epidemic

Members of the euthanasia team clean up.

  (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)

Virulent Newcastle disease epidemic

Katie Walker, left, and daughter Kalli Walker protest the euthanization of chickens.

  (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)

Virulent Newcastle disease epidemic

Les Kanawah’s chickens were scheduled to be euthanized May 13 in Mira Loma, Calif.

  (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)

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