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COPYRIGHT 2004 Waterloo Courier
Byline: Matthew Wilde
Aug. 26--HAZLETON, Iowa -- The financial stability of Iowa's poultry hatcheries improved Tuesday as Northwest Airlines announced it will ease temperature restrictions when it comes to shipping baby chicks.
Hatchery owners squawked to Sen. Charles Grassley claiming airlines weren't shipping chicks, or doing it in a timely manner, due to a misinterpretation of the Animal Welfare Act. Since shipping birds via air is an important part of doing business, owners feared for their livelihoods.
Airlines were refusing to ship...
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