US EditionCanadian Ostriches Have Become Martyrs for the U.S. Right
The Supreme Court rejected appeals to halt the cull of nearly 400 ostriches to control H5N1 avian flu, ending the farm’s operations amid concerns over government policy.
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Controversy in Canada: More than 300 Healthy Ostriches Sacrificed for an Outbreak of Avian Influenza
The operation took place at dusk, when official vehicles entered the property and the sound of fire spread for hours. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency justified the action as part of the measures to curb the spread of H5N1, a highly contagious strain.
Orwell Watch: The Great Canadian "Ostrich Cull"
On Friday, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation anchor Andrew Nichols tossed to correspondent Caroline Barghout in Edgewood, British Columbia for one of the most uncomfortable on-site TV reports ever. Barghout spends an agonizing minute and six seconds searching for creative ways to deliver a story about the Canadian government gunning down 330 ostriches without using key words like “kill” or “dead.”Barghout’s standup script would deserve its own e…
Canada culls hundreds of ostriches as a court and a Kennedy fail to save them
TORONTO — In the end, nothing could save hundreds of ostriches on a farm in British Columbia from execution: not the prayers of online supporters, not the Supreme Court of Canada, not the interventions of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Dr. Mehmet Oz.
A standoff between a Canadian ostrich farm and its supporters and government agencies lasted for months. The farm was plagued by bird flu, which the owners said did not infect all the birds. But the complaints were ultimately in vain, and gunmen began to exterminate the birds.
More than 300 shootings were killed on Friday night (6) at the Universal Ostrich Farms, Edweod, British Columbia, Canada, ending an impasse that lasted months between the Canadian government and U.S. public figures, including American Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and billionaire John Catimatis, who had asked for birds to be killed. Understand: Canada rejects a request that it tried to prevent 400 strikes. The massacre took place hours …
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