B.C. forges ahead with controversial ostrich cull
Monday, May 26, 2025, 5:20 pm
Authorities confirm a contentious decision to proceed with an ostrich cull at a B.C. farm, despite intervention appeals by RFK Jr. The move, justified by concerns over avian flu and immune response studies, has tickled critics who question the necessity of this feathered frenzy.
Dozens of protesters are flocking to a BC ostrich farm that is a fresh darling of Canada's far-right media for its months-long fight against a Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)-ordered cull. As the protests spread and become more extreme, some experts are questioning whether CFIA’s overall…
Le chef du syndicat représentant les travailleurs de l’Agence canadienne d’inspection des aliments (ACIA) affirme avoir été confrontés à des « intimidations et menaces » dans un contexte de rhétorique exacerbée depuis qu’une décision de la Cour fédérale a confirmé l’ordre d’abattre des centaines…
The union representing Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) workers tasked with carrying out a cull at a B.C. ostrich farm says there are fears about the workers' safety as emotions run high.
Protesters have gathered at property at Edgewood, B.C., to try to prevent a ostrich cull that was ordered after an outbreak of avian flu
The U.S. health secretary said in a letter last week that there was value in studying the ostriches’ immune response to avian flu
The U.S. health secretary said in a letter last week that there was value in studying the ostriches’ immune response to avian flu
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says it will go ahead with a cull of ostriches from a farm in Edgewood, B.C., despite a request from United States Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that they be spared.
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