. >> almost half a million birds are to be killed in napal to contain a bird flu out break but the moveg criticized by poultry farmers facing huge losses, we have more. >> reporter: this used to be a bustalling poultry farm, but last month 4,000 chickens cat dialed stop the pred of the bird flu virus. >> i have not come back up here since then. it makes me very sad. they were such beautiful birds. >> reporter: he lost $20,000, most of which he owes to the bank. without his chickens, he can't even pay the interest anymore. and he's just one of the thousands of farmsers facing this problem. which the first cases of the bird plus threw virus were discovered last month, some farmers rushed to sale sick birds, spreading the h5n1 virus that causes the disease. last month, the district was declared a bird flu insurgent zone. healthy and sick chickens were all killed. over one and a half million birds have already been killed. farmers say that the government's unwillingness to competent farmers has helped spread the virus. >> if the government just gives farmers knowledge knowledge relief rathe