"Heartbroken": 400 ostriches to be culled over avian flu concerns on BC farm
The fate of 400 ostriches that live on a farm near Edgewood, B.C. in the West Kootenay region has been decided.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has ordered the entire herd at Universal Ostrich Farm be culled following an avian flu outbreak in December.
The outbreak is believed to have come from a flock of ducks that migrated to the farm.
Nearly 70 ostriches died as a result of the outbreak. According to the farm owners, they lost about 10 per cent of their flock.
At a judicial hearing last month, lawyers for Universal Ostrich Farm stated there has been no sign of illness at the farm since Jan. 15.
The CFIA’s cull order had a deadline of Feb. 1, but farm owners challenged it and in January received a reprieve from a federal judge pending a judicial review of the case.
Owners of the ostriches at Universal Ostrich Farm posted on Facebook Tuesday that they are devastated by the news.
Global’s Alissa Thibault has more.
For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca/news/11178154/400-ostriches-bc-culled-avian-flu
Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc
Like Global News on Facebook HERE: http://bit.ly/255GMJQ
Follow Global News on X HERE: http://bit.ly/1Toz8mt
Follow Global News on Instagram HERE: https://bit.ly/2QZaZIB
#GlobalNews #avianflu #ostrich #bc #cull #canada
