Overview

• A letter filed at the Federal Court of Appeal says the agency is "imminently" mobilizing to enforce a December cull order issued after avian flu spread in the flock.
• Universal Ostrich Farms is asking the court to halt the destruction of roughly 400 quarantined birds while it pursues further legal avenues.
• Court filings say the agency denied requests for an administrative pause that would preserve the flock during efforts to obtain Supreme Court review.
• The farm states there have been no new infections for more than 230 days, with the last death recorded in mid-January.
• The farm also plans to seek reconsideration from the agency or the minister based on what it calls fresh evidence.