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B.C. ostrich cull over avian flu publicity can proceed, federal attraction court docket guidelines

Editorial Board Published August 23, 2025
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A cull of some 400 B.C. ostriches that have been uncovered to avian flu can proceed, one among Canada’s prime courts dominated on Thursday.

The Federal Court docket of Enchantment rejected an attraction by Common Ostrich Farms in Edgewood, B.C., searching for to dam a Canadian Meals Inspection Company (CFIA) cull order.

In its choice, the court docket concluded that the CFIA’s selections have been “all reasonable” and that the company has the “broad discretion” underneath legislation to order the destruction of animals primarily based on mere suspicion of an infection.

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1:58Federal Court docket of Enchantment hears ostrich farm case

“The Court has given a unanimous no decision. There is no stay order in place — which means that at any moment, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency could come and kill our healthy ostriches,” she wrote, including that the farm would attempt to safe a authorized keep order subsequent week.

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“These animals are not just ‘livestock.’ They are living beings that have thrived against all odds. They are a symbol of resilience, of natural immunity, and of what’s possible when we stand up against broken policies that destroy life instead of protecting it.”

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Pasitney stated she was “opening our farm gates” on the weekend and calling on supporters to come back and “sit with animals” and file interactions with the CFIA.

“Absolutely no violence. Peaceful only,” she added.

The CFIA ordered Common Ostrich Farms to cull about 400 birds after 69 ostriches died in December and January.

The company examined two of the lifeless birds in January and located a “novel reassortment” of the extremely contagious avian flu virus, which had not been seen wherever else in Canada.

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At trial, the farm had challenged the CIFA’s “stamping-out” coverage, which requires the depopulation of animals that threat transmitting highly-pathogenic avian flu (HPAI).

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The farm argued the CFIA had failed to think about the particularities of ostriches, didn’t seek the advice of with ostrich house owners in creating the coverage, and had not carried out further testing on birds on the farm or allowed for a extra focused culling.

In its choice, the court docket concluded that the stamping-out coverage total was an inexpensive response to “the risks of HPAI to domestic disease control, public health, and Canada’s ability to export poultry to its international trading partners,” and was licensed underneath Canada’s Well being of Animals Act.

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The court docket dominated that whereas the CFIA had not consulted with ostrich house owners in creating the coverage, it had reviewed scientific research demonstrating ostriches’ susceptibility to avian flu.

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It additional dominated that culling your complete flock with out further testing was cheap, because the Well being of Animals act “explicitly allows for destruction in the face of a mere suspicion of infection or exposure to suspected infection.”

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“It is apparent that the Exemption Committee considered the health status of the flock, the biosecurity measures in place, and the importance of the flock to the appellant and its principals,” the court docket dominated.

“After considering whether it could allow the appellant to keep a subset of the ostriches, the Committee determined that it was just too risky to undertake ‘selective culling’ or otherwise allow the infection to ‘burn out’ on the farm as the appellant proposed.”

Editor’s Be aware: A earlier model of this story stated the ruling was handed down by the Supreme Court docket of Canada. In actual fact, it’s the Federal Court docket of Enchantment.

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