Mocha Bezirgan, May 24, 2025“Culling healthy animals has no moral value whatsoever,” says South African-Canadian protester Segall Farrell, who has been camping at the Universal Ostrich Farm in Edgewood, BC for many months.Amid the Canadian government’s commitment to indiscriminately kill all ostriches on the farm—without testing—following an avian flu outbreak earlier this year, Farrell notes...
Secretary Kennedy, May 23, 2025 The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently sent a letter to President Paul MacKinnon of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, expressing deep appreciation for his willingness to meet with senior U.S. health officials. Represented by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the department thanked President MacKinnon and the CFIA for...
Mocha Bezirgan, May 23, 2025BREAKING: Second Ostrich Found Dead, Believed to Have Been Shot Farmers at the ostrich farm the Canadian government plans to cull woke up to another heartbreaking scene: a second bird appears to have been shot dead overnight.“The shot entered through its ear and went down its neck. It was one of...
While questions are always welcome, imagine the progress we would all make if every citizen held the government to this same level of scrutiny. What is the goal here? To save healthy animals from an inhumane and unjustified death.Our shared mission is simple and powerful: to protect healthy animals, and ultimately people, from an unnecessary,...
Federal agency says dates for cull will not be shared with public in advanceCBC News | May 18, 2025The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) says it is going ahead with a cull of nearly 400 ostriches living in southeastern B.C. over fears of avian flu.It doubled down on its decision on Saturday, despite the local...
Viva Frei, May 15, 2025This is the update in the British Columbia Universal Ostrich Farm case. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency issued an order to KILL nearly 400 HEALTHY ostriches in December 2024, on the fear that they might be infected with the Avian Flu. That was December 2024. Remember that date.The farm took the...
A Federal Court ruling has rejected the farm’s bid to prevent the killings, which were ordered after an outbreak of avian fluNational Post | May 14, 2025 Operators of a British Columbia ostrich farm where 400 birds have been ordered culled said Wednesday that dozens of supporters have converged on the scene, as the federal...
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has ordered that the birds be killed.Nelson Star | May 15, 2025The Regional District of Central Kootenay board voted on May 15 to not accept ostrich carcasses from a farm in Edgewood at any of its landfill sites until the birds are re-tested for the avian flu.The motion requires the...
RDCK Observer, May 15, 2025 Transcript:Chair, Aidan McLaren-Caux: There’s nothing that we can do beyond advocacy. Because it’s not, I don’t want to be the person to say it’s not our problem, but it’s outside of our power. I know that might not be the answer you want to hear. Personally, I wish there was...
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...
