1 week ago Wall of hay bales constructed around B.C. ostriches ahead of CFIA cull

RCMP moved into the ostrich enclosure where Katie Pasitney and her mother, Karen Espersen, 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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1 week ago B.C. ostrich cull: RCMP escort CFIA to execute search warrant on farm

A spokeswoman for the farm says a convoy of police vehicles and waste disposal trucks is outside the property in Edgewood

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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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4 w. ago Hundreds of B.C. ostriches given temporary reprieve from cull

Hundreds of ostriches on a farm in the British Columbia Interior have been given a temporary reprieve from being destroyed in an order issued by the Federal Court of Canada.

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