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Taiwan has culled dozens of pigs after detecting its first cases of African swine fever, with the agriculture ministry saying Thursday no other infections have been detected elsewhere on the island.

From Barron's • Oct. 23, 2025

South Africa has been struggling to contain bird flu for several months and has culled more than seven million egg-laying hens - 20-30% of the country's entire stock.

From BBC • Oct. 26, 2023

Still, the company also has culled a handful of programmes from its pipeline in recent months and suffered setbacks in its marketed cancer drug portfolio.

From Reuters • Apr. 18, 2023

For her first full-length album, “Sawayama,” which is out on Friday, she has culled from a wider-ranging set of sonic influences.

From New York Times • Apr. 16, 2020

"Mr. Baldwin has culled from a wide range of epics, French, Italian, and German, and has once more proved his aptitude as a story-teller for the young."

From Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy by Stockton, Frank Richard