A British Columbia ostrich farm has filed a multimillion-dollar civil lawsuit against the federal government and the B.C. RCMP, nearly a year after a government-ordered cull of its flock captured international headlines.
The civil lawsuit filed in the Supreme Court of British Columbia on Oct. 30 by Universal Ostrich Farms Inc. and its parent company Landco Ventures Inc. is claiming $200 million in commercial losses following the November 2025 cull of their ostrich flock in Edgewood, B.C.
Ten months of courtroom battles to save the farm’s flock from being euthanized concluded last November, when more than 300 ostriches were culled in response to an avian flu outbreak that killed nearly 70 birds between December 2024 and mid-January 2025….