Overview

• Conservative commentator Chris Sanders says he can house the flock on ranches in Oklahoma, Texas and South Dakota and urges truck drivers to help with transport.
• Universal Ostrich Farm’s spokeswoman says the offer is being explored and warns in a post that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency could conduct the cull today.
• Supporters have been asked to contact authorities as the farm seeks to prevent the destruction of roughly 400 birds.
• The CFIA ordered depopulation following an avian flu outbreak last December and has declined to disclose the timing or details of any operation.
• Courts have upheld the cull in previous challenges, and the farm was denied another stay last week as it prepares a Supreme Court leave bid due by Oct. 3.