US EditionRCMP escort CFIA to execute search warrant on B.C. ostrich farm
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency ordered the cull after legal challenges failed; 400 ostriches are set for destruction amid ongoing protests at the Edgewood farm.
- On Monday, a convoy of police and waste disposal trucks arrived at the property in Edgewood, B.C., where the CFIA executed a search warrant and issued an order to cull approximately 400 ostriches.
- The cull follows a December avian flu outbreak that killed 69 birds and led to months of unsuccessful legal challenges by the farm to stop the culling.
- The farm insists the ostriches are now healthy and hold scientific value, while the CFIA cites uncertainty about ongoing infection and enforces the cull.
- Katie Pasitney called on supporters to intervene and stop what she described as a "massacre," while a judge from the Federal Court of Appeal dismissed the farm's request for a stay, ruling that the appeal did not present a serious or arguable legal question.
- The farm plans to apply for Supreme Court leave by the October 3 deadline, while protests continue and the CFIA declines to disclose cull timing details.
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Winnipeg Free Press
CFIA says B.C. ostrich farmers must leave by Tuesday or face arrest
Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada
Bad News for the Ostriches
(Edgewood, B.C.) – The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has executed a warrant at a B.C. ostrich farm whose owners’ months-long efforts to fight cull orders have involved courtroom wrangling, protests and the interest of officials in Donald Trump’s White House. RCMP and disposal trucks converged Monday at Universal Ostrich Farms near Edgewood, B.C., where about 400 birds have been ordered culled due to the risks of avian flu. An RCMP state…
Food inspection agency serves warrant on BC ostrich farm facing cull of 400 birds
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has served a warrant on a British Columbia ostrich farm where nearly 400 birds have been ordered culled, requiring the farmers to leave or risk being removed from the property.
Winnipeg Sun
Five things to know about the B.C. ostrich farm and pending cull
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