US EditionJudge refuses to allow more avian flu tests on ostriches at B.C. farm
- The Universal Ostrich Farm in Edgewood, B.C., was granted a temporary stay on the culling of about 400 ostriches by a ruling issued on Friday and published Monday online.
- The stay follows an outbreak of avian flu that killed dozens of ostriches in December and January, prompting the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to order a cull under its stamping out policy.
- The farm requested authorization to perform additional diagnostic testing on its birds and sought to halt any existing orders from the food inspection agency that barred such tests; however, Judge Sylvie Roussel rejected both petitions without providing a reason.
- Supporters have maintained a protest at the farm for several weeks opposing the planned cull, while officials in the United States, among them Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., have urged that the birds be preserved due to their potential importance for scientific research.
- The temporary stay will last until an appeal ruling, which must occur no later than the week of July 21, reflecting ongoing legal efforts to prevent the cull amid international attention.
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About 400 ostriches face a slaughter order after an outbreak of avian influenza.
·Montreal, Canada
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OTTAWA—The Federal Court of Appeal denies the owners of an ostrich farm in British Columbia to carry out additional tests for the detection of avian influenza on their herds in order to avoid a slaughter ordered by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. The decision issued on Friday, but published online only on Monday, grants a temporary suspension of slaughter until the appeal decision to be rendered no later than the week of July 21. It states …
·Richelieu, Canada
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