PRESS RELEASE Feb 11, 2025DOJ Lawyers File Appeal! This appeal is in addition to the motion for clarification and an expedited Judicial Review hearing already before the court.The Department of Justice lawyers, acting on behalf of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) filed more court documents yesterday.Late this morning Universal Ostrich farm owners Karen Espersen and...

ROUND 2!!! The ostriches are still not safe. The CFIA is still pushing for them to be killed.This fight isn’t just about the future of 400 birds — it’s about something much bigger. It’s about standing up against government overreach, demanding transparency, protecting the livelihoods of hardworking people, and defending the right to test and...

TORONTO — A federal judge has granted a temporary reprieve to about 400 ostriches that were facing a deadline on Saturday for them to be killed at a British Columbia farm hit by an outbreak of avian flu.By: Hannah Alberga, The Canadian PressJan 31, 2025A federal judge has granted a temporary reprieve to about 400...

Jan 31, 2025 – We successfully won our temporary injunction which means our ostriches get to stay alive. Katie Pasitney @ Universal Ostrich Farms Jan 31, 2025 – Today is a good day! We’ve won an injunction to stop the cull while a judicial review looks into the CFIA’s handling of this order. Thank you...

CBC News · Andrew Kurjata · Federal Court judge staves off Feb. 1 cull deadline as convoy of supporters embraces their cause. Dave Bilinski and Karen Espersen of Universal Ostrich pose with a portion of their flock of birds after learning a deadline to have them killed over avian flu concerns has been put off by a federal...

The Jimmy Dore Show · Jan 29, 2025 The owners of a remote British Columbia ostrich farm are being told to round up 400 of their ostriches and kill them by February 1 after two of the birds reportedly came down with avian flu. Jimmy speaks with Universal Ostrich Farms about the crisis and why...

Viva Frei, Jan 26, 2025 This is an absolute must watch and share. My interview with Katie from Universal Ostrich Farm in British Columbia. The Canadian government, via CFIA – Canadian Food Inspection Agency – has given Katie’s mother (owner of the farm) until February 1 to SLAUGHTER over 400 HEALTHY ostriches on her mother’s...

Shadoe Davis, Jan 26, 2025 After repeated attempts at getting government bureaucrats to listen to reason, Karen Espersen Owner of Universal Ostrich Farm (near Edgewood BC) has been told her 400 Ostriches will be culled by the authorities on Saturday Feb. 1st because of “avian flu”. Of course there is something more insidious in play...

Rebel News · Drea Humphrey · January 24, 2025In case you missed it, the federal government has order the culling of some 400 ostriches, after an avian flu outbreak. It threatens to destroy a family-run ostrich farm spanning decades … all in the name of protecting public health.Founded in 1995, Universal Ostrich Farm sells bird oil, feathers and...

Jan 24, 2025 – During an inspection by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) at Universal Ostrich Farms, the farmers question the agents about their decision to depopulate 400 healthy ostriches. 

Agent #1 responded “They’re not healthy.” When asked why he believed the ostriches weren’t healthy, he replied, “The herd has been diagnosed with high...