No it just proves you are a lemming . Keep voting liberal it looks good on you .
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’Deep burial’ for ostriches at B.C. landfill as CFIA completes cull, disposal work
Author of the article:Canadian Press
Canadian Press
Brenna Owen
Published Nov 13, 2025 • 2 minute read
Ostriches
Tarpaulins cover objects on the ground inside a holding pen at Universal Ostrich Farms near Edgewood, B.C., on Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. The pen had been filled with live ostriches a day earlier, before shooting broke out overnight.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has completed its “active operations” at the British Columbia ostrich farm where professional marksmen were used to cull the flock following an outbreak of avian flu, the agency said in a statement Thursday.
The carcasses of 314 ostriches have been disposed of through “deep burial” at a B.C. landfill along with eggs and other material, it said.
The site at Universal Ostrich Farms near the tiny community of Edgewood in southeastern B.C. remains under quarantine and permission is required to enter areas that are subject to biocontainment measures after last week’s cull.
Every premises infected with highly pathogenic avian flu must follow a standardized path to resuming operations, the agency said, including cleaning and disinfection approved by the CFIA, before quarantine restrictions are lifted.
The farm has been provided documentation about the requirements, it said, noting there may be a “fallow period” with CFIA oversight after the cleaning process.
Representatives of the farm — who fought the cull order for more than 10 months before the Supreme Court of Canada refused to hear an appeal — did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Thursday.
Katie Pasitney, whose mother co-owns the farm, told The Canadian Press the morning after the cull that shooting the ostriches was “inhumane” and the gunfire that went on for hours last Thursday night was “overwhelming.”
The CFIA has said it determined the use of professional marksmen was the “most appropriate and humane option” to kill the flock after consulting with experts experienced in managing disease outbreaks among ostriches.
The agency’s latest statement noted personal protective equipment is not required outside designated zones related to the quarantine.
Anyone who entered designated “hot” zones during the operation wore personal protective equipment “or were thoroughly disinfected upon exit,” it said.
“All equipment was also disinfected when leaving designated zones,” it added.
Workers in white protective suits could be seen inside the ostrich enclosure during the cull and disposal operation, while Pasitney has questioned why RCMP officers and others just outside the pen did not appear to be wearing such gear.
The CFIA statement also said any formal request for compensation over the loss of the flock would be reviewed in accordance with the Health of Animals Act and regulations related to the destruction of animals and other property.
It said those regulations set the parameters for any potential compensation.
“The objective of the (regulation) is to encourage the early reporting of animal disease, and the co-operation of owners in eradication efforts,” the agency said.
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Author of the article:Canadian Press
Canadian Press
Brenna Owen
Published Nov 13, 2025 • 2 minute read
Ostriches
Tarpaulins cover objects on the ground inside a holding pen at Universal Ostrich Farms near Edgewood, B.C., on Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. The pen had been filled with live ostriches a day earlier, before shooting broke out overnight.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has completed its “active operations” at the British Columbia ostrich farm where professional marksmen were used to cull the flock following an outbreak of avian flu, the agency said in a statement Thursday.
The carcasses of 314 ostriches have been disposed of through “deep burial” at a B.C. landfill along with eggs and other material, it said.
The site at Universal Ostrich Farms near the tiny community of Edgewood in southeastern B.C. remains under quarantine and permission is required to enter areas that are subject to biocontainment measures after last week’s cull.
Every premises infected with highly pathogenic avian flu must follow a standardized path to resuming operations, the agency said, including cleaning and disinfection approved by the CFIA, before quarantine restrictions are lifted.
The farm has been provided documentation about the requirements, it said, noting there may be a “fallow period” with CFIA oversight after the cleaning process.
Representatives of the farm — who fought the cull order for more than 10 months before the Supreme Court of Canada refused to hear an appeal — did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Thursday.
Katie Pasitney, whose mother co-owns the farm, told The Canadian Press the morning after the cull that shooting the ostriches was “inhumane” and the gunfire that went on for hours last Thursday night was “overwhelming.”
The CFIA has said it determined the use of professional marksmen was the “most appropriate and humane option” to kill the flock after consulting with experts experienced in managing disease outbreaks among ostriches.
The agency’s latest statement noted personal protective equipment is not required outside designated zones related to the quarantine.
Anyone who entered designated “hot” zones during the operation wore personal protective equipment “or were thoroughly disinfected upon exit,” it said.
“All equipment was also disinfected when leaving designated zones,” it added.
Workers in white protective suits could be seen inside the ostrich enclosure during the cull and disposal operation, while Pasitney has questioned why RCMP officers and others just outside the pen did not appear to be wearing such gear.
The CFIA statement also said any formal request for compensation over the loss of the flock would be reviewed in accordance with the Health of Animals Act and regulations related to the destruction of animals and other property.
It said those regulations set the parameters for any potential compensation.
“The objective of the (regulation) is to encourage the early reporting of animal disease, and the co-operation of owners in eradication efforts,” the agency said.
’Deep burial’ for ostriches at B.C. landfill as CFIA completes cull, disposal work
The carcasses of 314 ostriches have been disposed of through 'deep burial' at a B.C. landfill along with eggs and other material, CFIA said.
I'm not sure what the shock-shock-horror-horror is all about. This is a method of disease control that goes back at least a couple of centuries. It's sad, but considered necessary to stop an epidemic from becoming a pandemic.
Is it because they're cuter than cows? (They're not.)
Is it because they're cuter than cows? (They're not.)
No, but if it's part of a herd or flock, we wipe out the herd or flock.
Are you unfamiliar with this? It's better known in the context of hoof-and-mouth disease, but it's a practice that goes back to the 1800s at least. You detect some cases of hoof-and-mouth, you wipe out the herd, to the agony of the distraught rancher. Better that than a pandemic.
Bird flu outbreak hits 32,000 birds at Southwestern Ontario farm
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency 'confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza'
Author of the article:Brian Williams
Published Nov 18, 2025 • Last updated 19 hours ago • 3 minute read
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency in Ottawa on Wednesday, June 26, 2019.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency in Ottawa on Wednesday, June 26, 2019.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has declared an avian influenza outbreak after the highly contagious virus was detected at a Southwestern Ontario farm.
The CFIA “confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI)”, subtype H5N1, at a commercial poultry farm in the municipality of Strathroy-Caradoc on Nov. 14, affecting about 32,000 birds, the agency said in an email statement Tuesday. Due to confidentiality, the CFIA said it does not share details about affected farms.
“All affected birds will be humanely depopulated and disposed of in accordance with all necessary provincial requirements,” the federal agency said, noting it has established a “primary control zone” around the infected premises to prevent the virus from spreading.
“Movements in, within, out, or through (the area) require a permit to move birds, their products, and any by-products,” the CFIA added.
The risk to other birds depends on species, with poultry being “highly susceptible and usually die,” said Scott Weese, an infectious diseases veterinarian and professor at the Ontario Veterinary College at the University of Guelph.
In an email, Weese said the risk to humans is low, with no documented human-to-human transmission.
He cautioned, however, the “big concern” is that H5N1 could continue to mutate or “recombine with a human flu virus” that spreads easily among people. “That’s how all our flu pandemics start,” he said.
Concerns about bird flu transmission grew after a B.C. teen who contracted the virus in November 2024 became seriously ill. The virus has also spread to dairy herds in the U.S.
The Strathroy-Caradoc outbreak is the first in the London region since late February, when an outbreak was declared in the municipality of Middlesex Centre, according to the CFIA website. That outbreak was declared over in May.
Earlier, between Dec. 14 and Jan. 3, seven farms in the London region experienced outbreaks, including two in Strathroy-Caradoc, four in Oxford County, and one in North Middlesex.
Weese said the gaps between outbreaks is likely a “reflection of how good poultry farms are at biosecurity.”
“Flu circulation in birds varies over time and region, but there has to be a jump to poultry or a large, obvious mortality event in wild birds for us to notice something new,” he added. “Circulation of the virus seems to have been lower in Ontario over much of the year, but it’s still a risk.”
The CFIA said the government works with industry and other stakeholders to protect both animal and public health. The agency said “many factors can contribute” to the spread of avian influenza, noting spring and fall pose higher risk for domestic poultry as wild birds migrate and the virus circulates naturally among them and waterfowl.
The continued detection of avian influenza in wild and domestic birds is a “strong reminder for anyone raising birds to remain vigilant of HPAI,” the CFIA said.
Ontario currently has two active bird flu outbreaks, the CFIA’s website stated, estimating that nearly 1.25 million birds have died or been killed since 2021 due to avian influenza.
Weese said culling infected herds “speeds up the inevitable outcome” and allows quicker control on farms.
“The longer an infected group is around, the more risk of transmission to people or other animals, and the more contaminated materials they produce,” he said.
The CFIA could not provide a spokesperson for comment on the Strathroy-Caradoc outbreak as employees identified publicly have “immediately” been targets of harassment and death threats. The agency said the threats came from individuals opposed to its avian influenza eradication policy at the Universal Ostrich Farm in Edgewood, B.C.
Ostriches at the farm began dying last December, but the owners did not alert the CFIA, as required by law.
After an anonymous tip, the CFIA imposed quarantine measures on Dec. 28. Two dead ostriches tested positive on Dec. 31, prompting an immediate cull, which sparked protests, legal challenges, and international attention.
The farm owners sought a judicial review in the months that followed, arguing that the surviving ostriches had “herd immunity” and were valuable for scientific research.
However, on Nov. 6, the Supreme Court of Canada declined to hear the case, and an estimated 300-plus ostriches were culled later that day.
Since late 2021, a total of about 16 million birds across Canada have been killed or died of illness stemming from avian flu, according to the CFIA.
With files from the Canadian Press
bwilliams@postmedia.com
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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency 'confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza'
Author of the article:Brian Williams
Published Nov 18, 2025 • Last updated 19 hours ago • 3 minute read
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency in Ottawa on Wednesday, June 26, 2019.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency in Ottawa on Wednesday, June 26, 2019.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has declared an avian influenza outbreak after the highly contagious virus was detected at a Southwestern Ontario farm.
The CFIA “confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI)”, subtype H5N1, at a commercial poultry farm in the municipality of Strathroy-Caradoc on Nov. 14, affecting about 32,000 birds, the agency said in an email statement Tuesday. Due to confidentiality, the CFIA said it does not share details about affected farms.
“All affected birds will be humanely depopulated and disposed of in accordance with all necessary provincial requirements,” the federal agency said, noting it has established a “primary control zone” around the infected premises to prevent the virus from spreading.
“Movements in, within, out, or through (the area) require a permit to move birds, their products, and any by-products,” the CFIA added.
The risk to other birds depends on species, with poultry being “highly susceptible and usually die,” said Scott Weese, an infectious diseases veterinarian and professor at the Ontario Veterinary College at the University of Guelph.
In an email, Weese said the risk to humans is low, with no documented human-to-human transmission.
He cautioned, however, the “big concern” is that H5N1 could continue to mutate or “recombine with a human flu virus” that spreads easily among people. “That’s how all our flu pandemics start,” he said.
Concerns about bird flu transmission grew after a B.C. teen who contracted the virus in November 2024 became seriously ill. The virus has also spread to dairy herds in the U.S.
The Strathroy-Caradoc outbreak is the first in the London region since late February, when an outbreak was declared in the municipality of Middlesex Centre, according to the CFIA website. That outbreak was declared over in May.
Earlier, between Dec. 14 and Jan. 3, seven farms in the London region experienced outbreaks, including two in Strathroy-Caradoc, four in Oxford County, and one in North Middlesex.
Weese said the gaps between outbreaks is likely a “reflection of how good poultry farms are at biosecurity.”
“Flu circulation in birds varies over time and region, but there has to be a jump to poultry or a large, obvious mortality event in wild birds for us to notice something new,” he added. “Circulation of the virus seems to have been lower in Ontario over much of the year, but it’s still a risk.”
The CFIA said the government works with industry and other stakeholders to protect both animal and public health. The agency said “many factors can contribute” to the spread of avian influenza, noting spring and fall pose higher risk for domestic poultry as wild birds migrate and the virus circulates naturally among them and waterfowl.
The continued detection of avian influenza in wild and domestic birds is a “strong reminder for anyone raising birds to remain vigilant of HPAI,” the CFIA said.
Ontario currently has two active bird flu outbreaks, the CFIA’s website stated, estimating that nearly 1.25 million birds have died or been killed since 2021 due to avian influenza.
Weese said culling infected herds “speeds up the inevitable outcome” and allows quicker control on farms.
“The longer an infected group is around, the more risk of transmission to people or other animals, and the more contaminated materials they produce,” he said.
The CFIA could not provide a spokesperson for comment on the Strathroy-Caradoc outbreak as employees identified publicly have “immediately” been targets of harassment and death threats. The agency said the threats came from individuals opposed to its avian influenza eradication policy at the Universal Ostrich Farm in Edgewood, B.C.
Ostriches at the farm began dying last December, but the owners did not alert the CFIA, as required by law.
After an anonymous tip, the CFIA imposed quarantine measures on Dec. 28. Two dead ostriches tested positive on Dec. 31, prompting an immediate cull, which sparked protests, legal challenges, and international attention.
The farm owners sought a judicial review in the months that followed, arguing that the surviving ostriches had “herd immunity” and were valuable for scientific research.
However, on Nov. 6, the Supreme Court of Canada declined to hear the case, and an estimated 300-plus ostriches were culled later that day.
Since late 2021, a total of about 16 million birds across Canada have been killed or died of illness stemming from avian flu, according to the CFIA.
With files from the Canadian Press
bwilliams@postmedia.com
Bird flu outbreak hits 32,000 birds at Southwestern Ontario farm
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency "confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza."
RCMP says B.C. ostrich farm investigations continue, charges neither laid nor stayed
Author of the article:Canadian Press
Canadian Press
Published Nov 19, 2025 • 2 minute read
Ostriches are corralled inside of a cull enclosure.
Ostriches are corralled inside of a cull enclosure near the Universal Ostrich Farms in Edgewood, B.C., after the Supreme Court of Canada declined to hear the farm’s appeal against an order to cull more than 300 of its ostriches on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025.
RCMP say investigations are ongoing in relation to their enforcement operation at a British Columbia farm where avian influenza prompted the cull of hundreds of ostriches, with charges neither laid nor stayed after several arrests.
Katie Pasitney, whose mother Karen Espersen is the co-owner of Universal Ostrich Farms, had posted a video to her Facebook profile on Monday saying charges against the pair stemming from their arrests in September had been “dropped.”
In the video, she says they no longer had a scheduled court appearance this week.
But RCMP Staff Sgt. Kris Clark says in an email that an original court appearance has been “allowed to lapse,” and “new court-compelling documents” would be issued at a later date.
He says no charges have been laid or stayed in relation to the situation on the farm in southeastern B.C., where more than 300 ostriches were shot dead this month in a cull ordered by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency last New Year’s Eve.
The farmers had fought in court for nearly 11 months to save the ostriches, but they lost when the Supreme Court of Canada ruled it would not hear the case.
The cull went ahead the night of Nov. 6 using what the CFIA described as professional marksmen to shoot the flock.
Pasitney and Espersen were arrested and later released in September for violating the Health of Animals Act by allegedly obstructing CFIA officials after the agency moved onto the property and took control of the ostriches’ enclosure.
The pair had been refusing to leave the enclosure when they were arrested and they were allowed to return home on the condition they did not re-enter the pen.
In her Facebook video, Pasitney says their “armour is back on” and the farm family is “ready to take on this next portion of the fight for all Canadians and see ultimate change” to the CFIA’s approach to managing avian influenza outbreaks.
She says the family is “still struggling” in the aftermath of the shooting cull.
torontosun.com
Author of the article:Canadian Press
Canadian Press
Published Nov 19, 2025 • 2 minute read
Ostriches are corralled inside of a cull enclosure.
Ostriches are corralled inside of a cull enclosure near the Universal Ostrich Farms in Edgewood, B.C., after the Supreme Court of Canada declined to hear the farm’s appeal against an order to cull more than 300 of its ostriches on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025.
RCMP say investigations are ongoing in relation to their enforcement operation at a British Columbia farm where avian influenza prompted the cull of hundreds of ostriches, with charges neither laid nor stayed after several arrests.
Katie Pasitney, whose mother Karen Espersen is the co-owner of Universal Ostrich Farms, had posted a video to her Facebook profile on Monday saying charges against the pair stemming from their arrests in September had been “dropped.”
In the video, she says they no longer had a scheduled court appearance this week.
But RCMP Staff Sgt. Kris Clark says in an email that an original court appearance has been “allowed to lapse,” and “new court-compelling documents” would be issued at a later date.
He says no charges have been laid or stayed in relation to the situation on the farm in southeastern B.C., where more than 300 ostriches were shot dead this month in a cull ordered by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency last New Year’s Eve.
The farmers had fought in court for nearly 11 months to save the ostriches, but they lost when the Supreme Court of Canada ruled it would not hear the case.
The cull went ahead the night of Nov. 6 using what the CFIA described as professional marksmen to shoot the flock.
Pasitney and Espersen were arrested and later released in September for violating the Health of Animals Act by allegedly obstructing CFIA officials after the agency moved onto the property and took control of the ostriches’ enclosure.
The pair had been refusing to leave the enclosure when they were arrested and they were allowed to return home on the condition they did not re-enter the pen.
In her Facebook video, Pasitney says their “armour is back on” and the farm family is “ready to take on this next portion of the fight for all Canadians and see ultimate change” to the CFIA’s approach to managing avian influenza outbreaks.
She says the family is “still struggling” in the aftermath of the shooting cull.
RCMP says B.C. ostrich farm investigations continue, charges neither laid nor stayed
RCMP say investigations are ongoing in relation to an enforcement operation at a farm where avian influenza prompted the cull of ostriches.
This is all part of the trade war and has nothing to do with H5N1 and nothing more.RCMP says B.C. ostrich farm investigations continue, charges neither laid nor stayed
Author of the article:Canadian Press
Canadian Press
Published Nov 19, 2025 • 2 minute read
Ostriches are corralled inside of a cull enclosure.
Ostriches are corralled inside of a cull enclosure near the Universal Ostrich Farms in Edgewood, B.C., after the Supreme Court of Canada declined to hear the farm’s appeal against an order to cull more than 300 of its ostriches on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025.
RCMP say investigations are ongoing in relation to their enforcement operation at a British Columbia farm where avian influenza prompted the cull of hundreds of ostriches, with charges neither laid nor stayed after several arrests.
Katie Pasitney, whose mother Karen Espersen is the co-owner of Universal Ostrich Farms, had posted a video to her Facebook profile on Monday saying charges against the pair stemming from their arrests in September had been “dropped.”
In the video, she says they no longer had a scheduled court appearance this week.
But RCMP Staff Sgt. Kris Clark says in an email that an original court appearance has been “allowed to lapse,” and “new court-compelling documents” would be issued at a later date.
He says no charges have been laid or stayed in relation to the situation on the farm in southeastern B.C., where more than 300 ostriches were shot dead this month in a cull ordered by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency last New Year’s Eve.
The farmers had fought in court for nearly 11 months to save the ostriches, but they lost when the Supreme Court of Canada ruled it would not hear the case.
The cull went ahead the night of Nov. 6 using what the CFIA described as professional marksmen to shoot the flock.
Pasitney and Espersen were arrested and later released in September for violating the Health of Animals Act by allegedly obstructing CFIA officials after the agency moved onto the property and took control of the ostriches’ enclosure.
The pair had been refusing to leave the enclosure when they were arrested and they were allowed to return home on the condition they did not re-enter the pen.
In her Facebook video, Pasitney says their “armour is back on” and the farm family is “ready to take on this next portion of the fight for all Canadians and see ultimate change” to the CFIA’s approach to managing avian influenza outbreaks.
She says the family is “still struggling” in the aftermath of the shooting cull.
RCMP says B.C. ostrich farm investigations continue, charges neither laid nor stayed
RCMP say investigations are ongoing in relation to an enforcement operation at a farm where avian influenza prompted the cull of ostriches.
There are 21 million snow and canada cobra chickens, 38 million ducks and half a fucking billion more migratory birds.
1 1/2 cobra chickens for every Canadian. At 5 -11lb (8lb average) per pop is 12lb of cobra chicken per person.
A raw, skinless Canada cobra chicken breast approximately 3 oz, contains around 21 grams of protein which is more than adequate per day.
If we eat 50% of 'em we can lower grocery costs substantially and reduce the H5H1 threat by half.
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