9 d. ago Food agency will remain on B.C. ostrich farm while Supreme Court decides whether to allow farmers’ appeal

The SCC usually takes one to three months to decide whether it will grant “leave to appeal”

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1 week ago Two people arrested at B.C. ostrich farm facing cull over avian flu

RCMP moved into the ostrich enclosure where Katie Pasitney and her mother, Karen Esperson, had been overnight.

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1 week ago Two people arrested at B.C. ostrich farm where birds to be killed over avian flu

RCMP moved into the ostrich enclosure where Katie Pasitney and her mother, Karen Esperson, had been overnight.

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1 week ago CFIA says B.C. ostrich farmers must leave by Tuesday or face arrest

The owners of an ostrich farm, whose flock is subject to a cull order, must leave today or face removal by police called in by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. RCMP and CFIA officials arrived Monday and served a warrant on the farm in southeastern British Columbia, where the owners have been fighting the cull […]

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1 week ago Ostrich farmers hope for ‘miracle’ as CFIA moves to cull flock over avian flu

A last stand to try and save 400 ostriches from an ordered cull is unfolding along a dusty gravel road near the tiny community of Edgewood in southeastern British Columbia. Yellow tape has been strung around the ostriches’ pen, where the co-owner of the farm and her daughter, Katie Pasitney, are staying put after police […]

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1 week ago RCMP escort CFIA officials to execute search warrant at B.C. ostrich farm

This comes after the Canadian Food Inspection Agency applied for a search warrant and ordered the cull of 400 ostriches following an avian flu outbreak on the farm.

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3 w. ago B.C. farm says it will ask Supreme Court of Canada to stop the cull of 400 ostriches

VICTORIA — A spokesperson for Universal Ostrich Farms says the farm will ask the Supreme Court of Canada to stop the culling of 400 ostriches hit by avian flu, but it is not clear yet whether Canada’s highest court will hear the case. Katie Pasitney says the farm remains hopeful that it will get another […]

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3 w. ago New analysis indicates higher lethality of avian flu at B.C. ostrich farm: CFIA vet

The document was filed on Tuesday with the Federal Court of Appeal, where the agency is arguing against another stay delaying the cull of about 400 ostriches

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3 w. ago New analysis indicates higher lethality of avian flu at B.C. ostrich farm: Vet

An affidavit by Canada’s deputy chief veterinarian says new analysis has confirmed ostriches at a British Columbia farm that is fighting a cull order for its flock were sickened by a unique and more lethal strain of the avian influenza virus. The affidavit by Dr. Cathy Furness with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency says further […]

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4 w. ago B.C. ostrich farm wins interim stay of order to cull birds over bird flu

The cull was ordered amid an avian flu outbreak in December that would go on to kill 69 ostriches.

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4 w. ago Ostrich farm wins interim stay of order to cull birds over bird flu

A B.C. ostrich farm fighting to stop a cull of its 400-strong flock over an avian flu outbreak has been granted an interim stay order by the Federal Court of Appeal in Ottawa, delaying the execution of the birds. Universal Ostrich Farms in Edgewood, B.C., has been attempting to stop the Canadian Food Inspection Agency […]

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