Indonesia begins campaign to clear capital of fowl as bird flu cases spike

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP): Residents handed over hundreds of chickens and other fowl for slaughter Friday as authorities in Indonesia's capital scrambled to stop the spread of bird flu after a spike in human deaths.

Just meters (yards) away, however, it was easy to find people with no intention of giving up their birds, showing the difficulties ahead for Indonesia _ the country worst hit by bird flu _ as it prepares to enforce a ban on fowl in residential areas.

"My chickens are healthy and strong,'' said Jumadi Akhir, who keeps two fighting cocks and several other ornamental chickens. "I treat them as good as I do my own children.

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