To the public and all our current supporters,We are reaching out to you with a plea for urgent support in our legal battle against the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), which is threatening to destroy something that could change the future of medicine as we know it.At stake are the lives of hundreds of ostriches...
Feb 26, 2025 – CFIA arrived unannounced with two agents and three RCMP officers in two cruisers. They said they were inspecting the biosecurity area and disposal pile, which was fine because nothing had changed. Karen Espersen @ Universal Ostrich Farms Feb 26, 2025 – CFIA arrived unannounced with two agents and three RCMP officers...
Edgewood, British Columbia — February 25, 2025 — Universal Ostrich Farm update regarding the Canadian government’s persistent efforts to slaughter 400 healthy ostriches located on a remote rural farm in Edgewood, British Columbia. This drastic action was ordered by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) in the wake of the ongoing “Avian Flu” hysteria.Legal UpdateOn...
We are in a huge battle to save our animals, and in turn, they could help save yours.Let’s not allow this to become another mistake made by the government. Help us protect the science that supports natural immunity, which could be key to both animal and human survival.We are prepared to fight with everything we...
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...
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...
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...
