2011 Event Health authorities begin slaughtering 17,000 chickens after a carcass infected with H5N1 is found at a poultry market in Hong Kong 1997 Event Hong Kong begins slaughtering all its chickens to prevent bird flu 1992 Event Slaughtering by Inkhata-followers at Boipatong, South Africa, kills 42 1893 Event Shechita (ritual slaughtering) prohibited in Switzerland 1879 Event News about slaughtering of Isandlwana reaches London
