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  "path": "/science/news-science/hundreds-of-thousands-of-chickens-die-as-france-suffers-its-hottest-day-on-record/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-06-29T16:58:16.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.zmescience.com",
  "tags": [
    "Animals",
    "Climate",
    "News",
    "agriculture",
    "animal welfare",
    "climate change",
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  "textContent": "Record temperatures have been causing mass poultry deaths in western France since June 22, Reuters reported. The heat wave, with temperatures exceeding 40° Celsius (104° Fahrenheit), is also behind the drowning of 40 people. Météo-France, the French national weather service, wrote in a statement that June 24 and 25 were the hottest days recorded in France since records began in […]",
  "title": "Hundreds of Thousands of Chickens Die as France Suffers Its Hottest Day on Record"
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