CBC News | May 14, 2025 Universal Ostrich lost court case seeking to overturn order from Canadian Food Inspection AgencyThe Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) says the cull of a flock of ostriches in southwest B.C. will move forward in order to fight the threat of avian flu, but it won’t be providing details of...
A community group is urging the regional district to refuse to accept at the Ootischenia Landfill (above) the nearly 400 ostriches that could be killed in the cull from Edgewood’s Universal Ostrich Farms.Castanet | May 14, 2025 An environmental catastrophe is brewing if the regional district accepts disposal of the 400 soon-to-be-culled ostrich carcasses, a...
May 14, 2025 – Scott Anderson, Conservative MP (Vernon—Lake Country—Monashee), visited the ostrich farm following the federal court decision upholding CFIA’s order to cull the ostriches. During the visit, he met the owners of the farm, Karen and Dave, and Katie, the owner’s daughter and the public face of the ostrich farm. He also met...
CTV News | The Canadian Press, May 8, 2025 The battle over a B.C. farm facing a mandated cull made its way to the legislature Thursday. 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...
Watch on Facebook May 8, 2025 – Jordan Kealy, MLA for Peace River North, presented the case of Universal Ostrich Farms during Oral Question Period in the BC Legislature.The question was addressed to Hon. Lana Popham, Minister of Agriculture and Food, who responded on behalf of the government.We’re grateful the situation is being acknowledged at...
Universal Ostrich in Edgewood had faced Feb. 1 deadline to cull birds after H5N1 was detected on farm CBC News · Akshay Kulkarni · Posted: Apr 15, 2025 Lawyers for a B.C. ostrich farm, which has been ordered to cull its entire flock over avian flu concerns, told a Federal Court judge on Tuesday that officials’ order to depopulate the...
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...
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...
Re:Public · Feb 20, 2025 Katie Pasitney, daughter of Karen Espersen, owner of Universal Ostrich Farms in the remote town of Edgewood, British Columbia, has been ordered to cull their entire herd of 400 ostriches. If they don’t cull them, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency will.The ordeal began in December 2024 when an anonymous person...
Western Standard · Jarryd Jäger · Feb 18, 2025 The Canadian Shooting Sports Association has slammed the Canadian Food Inspection Agency following revelations that the federal agency considered hiring hunters to kill 400 ostriches on a family farm in Edgewood, British Columbia.The fate of the flock at Universal Ostrich Farm is uncertain as the battle...
