The family that operates an ostrich farm in British Columbia’s interior is pushing back on the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, which is poised to cull around 400 birds at the farm due to avian flu.
Katie Pasitney, whose parents own Universal Ostrich Farm in Edgewood, B.C., said during Facebook Live stream event Saturday night that the ordered cull is based on misinformation.
The agency said on Friday the avian flu infection present at the farm is a mutation not seen anywhere else in Canada.
Pasitney said during the livestream the CFIA is exaggerating the human health risks, noting it is not based in sound science….