Animal charity the RSPCA warned they are being abandoned following Britain’s repeated lockdowns.Fears of the return of bird flu is also fuelling the trend, the Manchester Evening News reports.More than 1,500 were discarded last year across England and Wales, with dozens dumped across Greater Manchester.The RSPCA says it follows a spike in people buying the birds during lockdown but then struggling to take care of them.Rescue centres could soon become overrun with abandoned cockerels and hens as more people abandon them amid recent bird flu warnings, the charity fears.The charity dealt with 1,594 incidents related to chickens across England and Wales last year.While 1,562 birds have been involved in abandonment incidents, the charity has.
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