Edgewood, British Columbia – Canada – Animal lovers are outraged following the slaughter of an estimated 400 ostriches at Universal Ostrich Farms in British Columbia. Government officials proceeded with the killings after the bird owners appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada was denied. The ostriches were shot by professional marksmen contracted with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.
The nightmare situation began in early December 2024 when H5N1 (avian flu) was detected in the flock. The outbreak claimed nearly 70 ostrich lives but the remaining birds in the flock remained healthy, prompting the farm owners to appeal culling the survivors.
Even U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appealed to the agency to spare the survivors from death. In a letter sent to government officials, he said that the birds could be studied to determine how they beat the deadly virus and apparently achieved herd immunity:
“We are respectfully requesting CFIA to consider not culling the entire flock of ostriches at Universal Ostrich Farm given that a proportion of these ostriches were infected with avian influenza (H5N1) last year, we believe there is significant value in studying this population, for several reasons.”
And Dr. Mehmet Oz offered to bring the survivors to his ranch in Florida. But government officials were undeterred in their quest to kill the hundreds of birds. Prior to the late-night cull, CFIA said:
“The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) will be moving forward to complete depopulation and disposal measures as authorized by the Health of Animals Act and guided by the stamping out policy for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI).”
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Shame on all involved in this decision.
OH DON’T GET SO HIGH AND MIGHTY…In the US the senators have voted to kill,off hundreds of thousands of owls. In a misguided attempt to save another owl species. Instead they could just stop cutting down so many trees that the spotted owl needs. And this IS trump’s fault.
Vile, soulless, human trash at it again.
Blood thirsry bastards need tp shoot themselves!
What a bunch of MAGA malarkey in the comments. We Canadians are furious, but the Canadian government has something known as The Outdoor Caucus, a group of chosen MP’s who (IMO are corporate-bribed to) make the AG laws. Not many Canadians knew about this group until recently. Most still don’t. As it’s been around for over 50 years, Carney has nothing to do with it. But it MUST become common knowledge to stop it.
I had heard an Indian reservation in Canada was going to take them, guess that didn’t happen. This show how evil Canada’s Art Carnie is, their supreme court and the murdering agent who shot these birds, there is video with the booms of the shot guns killing the birds. This has nothing to do with Trump. It is Canada and their agenda to cull their own people and live stock. Boycott anything that says it comes from Canada. Remember this and boycott Canada.
oh fuck off. You sound like a delusional asshole. Your country is a shit hole with an asshole for a leader. You all get what you deserve. Mass shootings, killing and abusing wildlife and pets, etc etc. You aren’t any better than any other country, worse actually.
So now in my opinion execute any Canadian that has a transmissible illness !
execute any piece of shit american.
The bullets should have been used on the killers and the Canadian Supreme Court Officials ! SATANTISTS MONSTERS ! I WISH NOTHING BUT DEATH TO ALL OF THOSE INVOLVED IN KILLING THOSE BEAUTIFUL CREATURES OF GOD !
Canada probably did this deliberately because of the bad relations between Trump and their Prime Minister.
There was absolutely NO REASON WHATSOEVER to kill these poor birds and EVERY reason to leave them be, and even to study them to learn how they withstand bird flu.
The attitude toward animals is horrible and outrageous. While social media is making more people aware of more kinds of animals (i.e., farm animals, marine mammals, animals being pushed toward extinction, etc.) and various abuses and issues (circus exploitation, zoos, factory farming, etc.), people still need to stop doing terrible things to them: STOP EATING THEM, STOP WEARING THEM, STOP HUNTING THEM, STOP TEARING THEM FROM THEIR HOMES AND FAMILIES AND PUTTING THEM IN ZOOS, STOP DESTROYING THEIR HABITATS, STOP EXPLOITING THEM.
There is only ONE REAL problem on this planet, and it is not the animals.
It is US.