Ostrich Cull in BC, 2025

[brihard]

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

Gunshots heard as CFIA officers move in at B.C. ostrich farm at centre of avian flu dispute | Globalnews.ca

The CFIA said the farm owners failed to report the initial cases of illness and deaths when the herd was infected.

globalnews.ca

Gunshots ring out at B.C. ostrich farm as cull moves ahead - 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.

www.castanet.net

Gunshots ring out at B.C. ostrich farm as cull moves ahead

Numerous gunshots rang out in the night at a British Columbia ostrich farm, punctuated by shouts of “Murderers!” and “Stop!” as the Canadian Food Inspection Agency moved ahead with a cull of hundreds of the birds.

www.ctvnews.ca

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.

www.ctvnews.ca

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.

 

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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.

 

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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

inspection.canada.ca

 

[The Bread Guy]

The latest ....

Ostrich pen at B.C. farm looks still, empty of live birds, day after cull shooting

EDGEWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - A holding pen at a B.C. farm that was filled with ostriches on Thursday now appears still and empty of live birds, the morning after

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca

 

[daftandbarmy]

Case closed...

Ostriches loaded in bins after shooting cull stuns protesters​

It had taken more than 10 months before the first gunshots marked the beginning of a cull of hundreds of ostriches at a British Columbia farm that was ordered during an avian flu outbreak last New Year’s Eve.

But it was over within hours of starting on Thursday night, and by Friday afternoon supporters of the farm that had fought the cull were watching Canadian Food Inspection Agency workers in white protective suits begin disposing of the carcasses.

A utility vehicle with a front shovel was loading the remains into large metal containers inside the hay-bale pen where the birds were corralled before the CFIA said “professional marksmen” killed the flock estimated to number 300 to 330 birds.

Shots began ringing out at Universal Ostrich Farms near Edgewood in southeastern B.C. shortly after nightfall Thursday as police blocked a road leading to the main area where the farm’s supporters had been gathering.

Ostriches loaded in bins after shooting cull stuns protesters

It had taken more than 10 months before the first gunshots marked the beginning of a cull of hundreds of ostriches at a British Columbia farm that was ordered during an avian flu outbreak last New Year’s Eve.

www.ctvnews.ca

 

[Blackadder1916]

Case closed...

Ostriches loaded in bins after shooting cull stuns protesters​

It had taken more than 10 months before the first gunshots marked the beginning of a cull of hundreds of ostriches at a British Columbia farm that was ordered during an avian flu outbreak last New Year’s Eve.

But it was over within hours of starting on Thursday night, and by Friday afternoon supporters of the farm that had fought the cull were watching Canadian Food Inspection Agency workers in white protective suits begin disposing of the carcasses.

A utility vehicle with a front shovel was loading the remains into large metal containers inside the hay-bale pen where the birds were corralled before the CFIA said “professional marksmen” killed the flock estimated to number 300 to 330 birds.

Shots began ringing out at Universal Ostrich Farms near Edgewood in southeastern B.C. shortly after nightfall Thursday as police blocked a road leading to the main area where the farm’s supporters had been gathering.

Ostriches loaded in bins after shooting cull stuns protesters

It had taken more than 10 months before the first gunshots marked the beginning of a cull of hundreds of ostriches at a British Columbia farm that was ordered during an avian flu outbreak last New Year’s Eve.

www.ctvnews.ca

 

[FSTO]

If TB is discovered on your farm, every animal, dogs and cats included are destroyed. If its a purebred herd, I think you got market prices for your animals.

 

[OldSolduer]

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

To look at some social media sites this is tantamount to the GoC becoming Nazis. Which is ridiculous.

 

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It’s over and it’s time to move on. What’s done is done. The whole thing was a sordid affair that got out of control.

As usual the only people got any benefit were all the litigation lawyers.

 

[The Bread Guy]

As usual the only people got any benefit were all the litigation lawyers.

And anti-government meme creators

 

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And anti-government meme creators

The next time a convoy shows up in Ottawa, they are going to unload a full Tesla Tractor trailer load of Ostriches.

 

[Jarnhamar]

As usual the only people got any benefit were all the litigation lawyers.

RCMP over time probably didn’t hurt the old wallet as well.

 

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I was chatting with a Mountie who told me fell in love with the place. He flew his wife here and they went looking at small acreages in Trinity Valley, which is a nice spot to settle (if I may say so lol).

 

[HavokFour]

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.

It’s over and it’s time to move on. What’s done is done. The whole thing was a sordid affair that got out of control.

As usual the only people got any benefit were all the litigation lawyers.

Hocking their own crypto coin, by the looks of it actually. As is the fashion of the 2020's.

https://x.com/KatiePasitney

 

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Hocking their own crypto coin, by the looks of it actually. As is the fashion of the 2020's.

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https://x.com/KatiePasitney

Hawk Tuah on repeat.

I wonder if that is set up because their bank accounts are frozen by creditors, the CRA and what is probably a multi million dollar costs order from the litigation.

 

[brihard]

The brains are extra smooth on this one…

 

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The brains are extra smooth on this one…

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That really, really pisses me off.