No.
Yes.
Time period is not super relevant. You can ask if you like.
Was this man a painter? Photographer?
Is it Colonel Sanders?
Is it Chairman Mao? (IIRC in one period of famine he promoted the eating of birds like finches, swallows, etc.)
No
No
No, though I thought he advocated the elimination of birds because of their diseases. They shot tons of pigeons and small birds in the 60’s and 70’s. Then again, food makes sense too. They were starved back then.
Was the killing of birds the main reason for the man’s actions?
Would MORE birds have died without the man’s actions?
Windmills?
Would there have been something worse than a bunch of bird deaths had the man not acted?
Something to do with testing jet engines with live bird strikes?
Did the birds carry a disease dangerous to humans?
Are the birds poultry? Chickens? Turkeys? Pheasants?
Is the killing of the birds associated with the fast food industry?
Is the killing of the birds associated with the egg industry?
Is the man Bernard Matthews?
Is it the process of killing the birds that’s important?
Is it Robert C. Baker?
No.
No.
No.
Was the man killing the birds in the process of testing some device?
Would the man have been surprised if the chickens had survived?
Would the man have been upset if the chickens had survived?
Was the man prominent prior to whatever it was he did with chickens?
Could he have accomplished his goal using some animal other than chickens?
Could he have accomplished his goal using a non-bird animal?
Was his work of interest to the military?
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Were the chickens killed by disease?
Were the chickens killed by mechanical action (being hit or crushed)?
Were the chickens killed by ingesting a substance?
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Was the man testing whether the substance the chickens ingested was harmful?
At the time of ingestion, did the man think that the substance could be used as chicken food?
At the time of ingestion, did the man think that the substance could be used as human food?
At the time of ingestion, did the man think the substance could be used as medicine? For chickens? For humans?
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Was the substance ingested by the chickens fertilizer?
Was it a pesticide?
Was it a genetically modified crop?
Was it irradiated?
Is the substance currently known to be harmful to humans?
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Was the substance ingested by the chickens plant matter?
Was it mineral?
Was it something created by humans in a lab?