Tuesday, 4. February 2003
Topic: - on February 4, 2003 at 4:03:46 PM CET
2,000 chickens "scared to death" before Chinese New Year
Some 2,000 chickens on a southern China farm died from fright or were suffocated by other terrified birds when teenagers set off firecrackers for Chinese New Year.
A chicken farmer identified only as Mr. Zhou was having dinner with his family in the southern city of Guangzhou on Thursday, two days before the New Year, when he heard a loud burst of firecrackers, the Haixia Dushi newspaper said Sunday.
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