CSSA, Feb 18, 2025 Nowhere in CSSA’s mandate will you find the word “Ostrich” yet we find ourselves defending a flock of 400 Ostriches at Universal Ostrich Farms in Edgewood, British Columbia, from an unjust government kill order.[i]“CFIA (Canadian Food Inspection Agency) expected us to walk out and kill every one of our 400 birds...
Western Standard · Jarryd Jäger · Feb 12, 2025The federal government has appealed a court ruling that temporarily halted the culling of 400 ostriches on a family farm in British Columbia.Lawyers for the Department of Justice acting on behalf of Canadian Food Inspection Agency also asked for an expedited hearing of the judicial review and clarification of the...
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...
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...
Jan 24, 2025 – During a CFIA inspection at Universal Ostrich Farms, Karen begs them to not kill their animals and shares their names. Agent #1 responds: “This isn’t something that we want to be doing, but there’s a policy in place that we must follow.”Karen pleads with the agents to reconsider their policies.Agent #2...
Jan 24, 2025 – During a CFIA inspection at Universal Ostrich Farms, the farm owners asked how long it takes for an illness to pass through an ostrich. The CFIA agent responded that it could take hours or a couple of days, but warned that even a single case of illness means the entire flock...
Jan 24, 2025 – In this video, four CFIA agents dressed in full hazmat suits stand by and watch as the ostrich farm owners sanitize their truck. The owners are required to spray toxic cleaners and scrub the entire vehicle, a process that takes about 30 minutes, twice a day.This is in addition to the...
