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CFIA says ostrich farm report backing stay of cull improperly seeks scientific ruling
- A farm raising ostriches in Edgewood, British Columbia, is challenging an order from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to euthanize approximately 400 birds following an avian influenza outbreak in December 2024.
- The farm argues the birds are healthy, scientifically valuable, and have herd immunity, but the CFIA disagrees and cites ongoing risks in their living conditions.
- Hundreds of supporters protested over the Victoria Day weekend, with the farm seeking another stay to prepare a Supreme Court application after losing previous Federal Court hearings.
- On September 12, 2025, the CFIA said the farm’s late-submitted report is improper because it asks the court to rule on scientific matters, despite no objection to the extension for filing.
- The interim Federal Court of Appeal stay spared the birds temporarily, but the farm’s legal and public efforts indicate the dispute over the cull order will continue.
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B.C. farm says it will ask Supreme Court of Canada to stop the cull of 400 ostriches
VICTORIA - A spokesperson for Universal Ostrich Farms says the farm will ask the Supreme Court of Canada to stop the culling of 400 ostriches hit by avian flu, but it is not clear yet whether Canada's highest court will…
Federal Court of Appeal rejects B.C. ostrich farm's bid for stay of cull order
OTTAWA — The Federal Court of Appeal has denied an application for another stay order to delay a cull of about 400 ostriches at a British Columbia farm that was hit by an outbreak of avian influenza.
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