Ostrich Cull in BC, 2025

[brihard]

The Supremes: won't be hearing this one, thanks. On with the cull, then?

Supreme Court of Canada dismisses B.C. ostrich farm attempt to save flock | Globalnews.ca

The CFIA has said the application of the avian flu stamping out policy for this farm has been upheld by the Federal Court of Canada and the Federal Court of Appeal.

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'Stay of execution' for ostrich cull dismissed' Supreme Court of Canada - Nelson News

The Supreme Court of Canada issued its decision on a last-ditch appeal against an order to cull a flock of ostriches at an Edgewood, B.C., farm.

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BREAKING NEWS: Supreme Court of Canada won’t hear appeal of ostrich cull order

The Supreme Court of Canada is set to release its decision on whether to hear a B.C. ostrich farm’s final appeal to save its flock, more than 10 months after the Canadian Food Inspection Agency ordered a cull amid an avian flu outbreak last December.

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CFIA manual describes sitting on ostriches to inject lethal drug as B.C. cull ruling nears

A Canadian Food Inspection Agency document on culling birds describes how ostriches should be killed, by methods that can include breaking their necks, lethal injection, gassing or shooting.

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Denial of leave to appeal (I.e., ‘will SCC take this matter up?) by the Supreme Court means the Court of Appeals decision stands. That means the final ruling of the court is that CFIA is acting within its legal authorities, and the temporary stay that was in place pending SCC decision on leave to appeal is lifted.

Most matters that request leave to appeal to SCC don’t get heard. If there’s a split decision at the Court of Appeals level then there’s an automatic right to appeal to SCC, but generally if there’s a unianimous Court of Appeals level decision, SCC will only grant permission to appeal to it if there’s some legally justiciable question on a pressing matter of sufficiently broad interest. Otherwise the Courts of Appral are trusted to have made a sound decision. Simply disagreeing with the result at the Court of Appeals level doesn’t entitle a party to an SCC hearing.

 

[captloadie]

I heard the poor daughter on CBC this morning was again trying to drum up support to save these poor animals they have been caring for the last 35 years, and the horror that destroying them would be.

Except that until they started dying originally, these birds were processed as meat birds, and their fat was being sold to a beauty company. They were on the verge of bankruptcy, and had outstanding liens against any monies to be paid out by CFIA. I'm a cynical person, and say that all this hoopla was really about getting some additional Go Fund me money to pay off debts and be able to keep the land.

 

[Cloud Cover]

The Supreme Court of Canada just denied the farm leave to appeal, meaning the stay is lifted and the cull can proceed. Presumably that’ll happen in very short order.

It’s been a long time since the Supreme Court of Canada has used the following words “ … the stay of execution has been dismissed.”

That being said, those birds should have been put down in March.
And god help us if the bird flu starts hitting the meat chicken supply like it is hitting the egg producers, you could be paying 30$ for a pack of 4 chicken breasts.

 

[Cloud Cover]

I heard the poor daughter on CBC this morning was again trying to drum up support to save these poor animals they have been caring for the last 35 years, and the horror that destroying them would be.

Except that until they started dying originally, these birds were processed as meat birds, and their fat was being sold to a beauty company. They were on the verge of bankruptcy, and had outstanding liens against any monies to be paid out by CFIA. I'm a cynical person, and say that all this hoopla was really about getting some additional Go Fund me money to pay off debts and be able to keep the land.

I have somewhat tried to be charitable to that farm, but the fact is they have been quite manipulative and social media savvy.

 

[brihard]

It’s been a long time since the Supreme Court of Canada has used the following words “ … the stay of execution has been dismissed.”

That being said, those birds should have been put down in March.
And god help us if the bird flu starts hitting the meat chicken supply like it is hitting the egg producers, you could be paying 30$ for a pack of 4 chicken breasts.

Yup. You just don’t chance it with the integrity of the food supply. HPAI can be utterly devastating.

 

[daftandbarmy]

Yup. You just don’t chance it with the integrity of the food supply. HPAI can be utterly devastating.

And BC is #1 in Bird Flu in Canada. Yay!

Alberta	14	89	2,099,000
British Columbia	19	238	11,439,000
Manitoba	5	26	514,000
New Brunswick	0	2	Under 100
Newfoundland and Labrador	0	4	500
Nova Scotia	0	10	12,000
Ontario	1	61	1,248,000
Prince Edward Island	0	1	200
Quebec	5	60	1,379,000
Saskatchewan	6	49	956,000
50	540	17,647,800

Status of ongoing avian influenza response by province - inspection.canada.ca

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