US EditionThree MLAs are supporting a B.C. farming family whose 400 ostriches are to be culled
- Three independent MLAs support Universal Ostrich Farm in B.C. Whose 400 ostriches face a cull ordered late 2024 after an avian flu outbreak.
- The cull was mandated by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency due to the avian flu, with a Federal Court granting a stay pending judicial review expected soon.
- Katie Pasitney, family spokesperson, met with Agriculture Minister Lana Popham seeking provincial help to prevent killing the birds, which her family depends on.
- Pasitney said the healthy birds have developed herd immunity, pose no current risk, and could aid research, calling them "a living research laboratory," while officials made no commitments.
- The outcome hinges on federal decisions, but MLAs urge provincial lobbying to secure exemptions and avoid a catastrophic loss to the family and research efforts.
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Three MLAs Are Supporting a BC Farming Family Whose 400 Ostriches Are to Be Culled
A member of an ostrich farming family held back tears Thursday as she called on the provincial government to help stop the cull of their 400 birds. Katie Pasitney, spokesperson for Universal Ostrich Farm owned by her parents, said Thursday she is hopeful that her meeting with provincial officials, including B.C.’s Agriculture Minister Lana Popham, will lead to changes that would save the birds because of their potential significance to the poult…
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Three MLAs are supporting a B.C. farming family whose 400 ostriches are to be culled
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency ordered the cull in late 2024 after an avian flu outbreak but the farmers say the ostriches are ‘healthy’ and ‘happy’ now and pose no risk
Three MLAs are supporting a B.C. farming family whose 400 ostriches are to be culled – Energeticcity.ca
VICTORIA — A member of an ostrich farming family held back tears as she called on the provincial government to help stop the cull of their 400 birds. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency ordered the cull in late 2024 after an avian flu outbreak, but family spokesperson Katie Pasitney says the animals living on her parents’ farm in Edgewood, B.C., are “healthy” and “happy” now and pose no risk. Pasitney says the birds are her family’s livelihood a…
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