The Federal Court of Appeal has rejected an application to cancel a cull order for a flock of ostriches in B.C. that were infected with avian flu.
The court denied the application by Universal Ostrich Farms for a judicial review of a Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) order to cull about 400 birds at the farm.
The CFIA ordered the birds at the Edgewood, B.C. farm to be culled after 69 ostriches died in an avian flu outbreak on the farm in December 2024 and January 2025.
The farmers opposed the cull, saying their birds had immunity from the virus and were being used for research….