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...

May 13, 2025 – Karen Esperson provides an update from Universal Ostrich Farms. Transcript:Hi everyone, this is Karen at the Ostrich Farm. Uhh, the day came, you know, we never thought we’d have this happen. If we ever needed anybody’s help, it’s today. See all these guys behind me? These beautiful majestic birds. Do you...

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...

May 6, 2025 – Katie Pasitney provides an update from Universal Ostrich Farms. Visit Us at:301 Langille Road, Edgewood, BC Your support is appreciated as we await the court’s decision. The full video can be found here.

Jordan Kealy, MLA⋅May 2, 2025 The Universal Ostrich Farm needs your help to get this message out and put pressure on the Federal Government and the CFIA. The CFIA is planning to kill all their ostriches, even though the birds are healthy and not used for human consumption. These ostriches are part of important antiviral research...

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...

Article by Joel Salatin, the Lunatic Farmer Apr 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...

Joel Salatin exposes the destructive response to avian influenza. He points out that in any infected flock, there are always survivors. Instead of using these survivors to strengthen future generations, the government orders the extermination of the entire flock. This heavy-handed approach undermines the opportunity to build stronger, more resilient animals with robust immune systems....

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...

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...