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 FarmerApr 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 here...

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...

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...

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...

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...