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Canada to Cull 400 Ostriches Over Avian Flu as U.S. Offers Rescue Go Unheeded

CFIA rejects relocation proposals deeming culling essential to protect public health.

Overview

  • The Canadian Food Inspection Agency plans to depopulate about 400 surviving ostriches at Universal Ostrich Farm under its stamping-out policy to curb H5N1 spread.
  • Owners have filed a Federal Court appeal seeking a stay after a judicial review in mid-May upheld the culling order.
  • U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Dr. Mehmet Oz offered to move the flock to Oz’s Florida ranch, but Canadian authorities declined.
  • Daily protests continue at the Edgewood farm, with supporters including a B.C. teenager who survived a domestic H5N1 infection.
  • The CFIA has not disclosed a timeline or methods for the euthanasia, citing producer privacy, while affirming humane depopulation measures.