A controversial order to cull a flock of ostriches at a West Kootenay B.C. farm is now the subject of a judicial review in federal court. Global News, by Klaudia Van Emmerik Posted April 15, 2025 7:30 pm They live on a farm near Edgewood, B.C., in the West Kootenay region, but the fate of...
Katie Pasitney from Universal Ostrich Farms Day 1 of the Judicial Review @ 701 West Georgia Street, Vancouver BC. Katie provides an update from Federal Court, where the case of Universal Ostrich Farms against the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is underway. Good morning everybody. We are here and we are ready, so thank you...
Article by Joel Salatin, the Lunatic FarmerApr 3, 2025 – My post today originates form Edgewood, British Columbia, where Universal Ostrich Farms faces a Canadian government assault on their 300 healthy ostriches. Farm owner Katie Pasitney and her friend and sleuth Connie Shields have quite a tragic story. I’ve had two lengthy conversations with them and here...
North American Ag, Season 5: Episode 207Apr 3, 2025 – In this North American Ag Spotlight podcast episode, host Chrissy Wozniak interviews Katie Pasitney from Universal Ostrich, a family-owned ostrich farm in British Columbia, Canada. The farm, which has been raising ostriches for 35 years, is facing a crisis due to a government order to...
April 2, 2025 – Update from Katie Pasitney on their legal battle with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) to save their ostriches. Katie Pasitney @ Universal Ostrich Farms April 2, 2025 – Update from Katie Pasitney on their legal battle with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) to save their ostriches. Transcript:We’ve been going...
New Territory Media by Mindy Patterson In a horrific example of government overreach, Universal Ostrich Farm in Edgewood, British Columbia, faces the slaughter of nearly 400 ostriches due to a most dubious action by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). This case has sent alarm not just to farmers in Canada, but also to American...
PRESS RELEASE Mar 25, 2025 Edgewood, British Columbia – Universal Ostrich Farms is deeply saddened to announce the tragic and senseless loss of Sarah, one of our beloved elder ostriches. On Friday, March 21, 2025, Sarah, a healthy and cherished member of our herd, was shot and killed on our property.The RCMP were immediately notified,...
Farmers face fines and jail time for seeking independent testing as the Canadian Food Inspection Agency fights to reinstate the culling order.Source: Focal PointsNicolas Hulscher, MPH Mar 11, 2025The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has ordered the culling of 400 ostriches at Universal Ostrich Farm in British Columbia, citing concerns over H5N1 bird flu. However,...
Thank you Nicholas Hulscher and the Peter McCullough Foundation for this Focal Points interview and time. We need to rise up and stand together stronger than ever right now. These ostriches stand for so much. Click here for interviewI wanted to provide you all with an update regarding our legal proceedings related to the CFIA...
URGENT UPDATE – OUR FIGHT FOR JUSTICE CONTINUESWe are in the fight of a century to protect our farm (research facility), our animals and the future of farming. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is not only pushing for mass culling of our healthy Ostriches (that is based only on 2 PCR tests December 30th)...
