The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has ordered a farm of 400 ostriches (not being raised for food) slaughtered after 70 of them died from bird flu. But the agency has no resources for the kill, and is trying to get Canadian hunters to shoot the birds for them.
No CFIA, Hunters Won't Kill 400 Ostriches for You | Canadian Sport Shooters Association (news release):
February 18, 2025 - "Nowhere in CSSA's mandate will you find the word 'Ostrich' yet we find ourselves defending a flock of 400 Ostriches at Universal Ostrich Farms in Edgewood, British Columbia, from an unjust government kill order.
'CFIA (Canadian Food Inspection Agency) expected us to walk out and kill every one of our 400 birds ourselves, with our own hands,' said Karen Espersen, co-owner of Universal Ostrich Farms. 'If we refused, they'd bring in a third-party execution team. This is not science, it's cruelty wrapped in red tape.
'They are not stamping out a virus. They are stamping out natural immunity. They don't want people to realize that survival is possible,' said Katie Pasitney, Karen Esperson's daughter.
"The CFIA doesn't have the resources to slaughter and dispose of 400 ostriches, so they want hunters to kill these majestic birds for them. An internal CFIA discussion leaked to Universal Ostrich Farms posed the question, 'Can we get hunters to kill these birds for us?' CFIA's desire to ask third parties to kill 400 ostriches on CFIA's behalf is corroborated by their appeal of the emergency injunction stopping the slaughter [see video]. CFIA asserts that the injunction applies only to the owners of Universal Ostrich Farms, and not to CFIA or agents acting on its behalf....
"CFIA has no evidence that the 400 ostriches at Universal Ostrich Farms are sick. CFIA performed PCR tests on two dead birds after 16 hours -- not by conducting an autopsy or taking tissue samples, the 'gold standard' in testing -- and used PCR tests to rationalize killing this entire flock....
"The ostriches at Universal Ostrich Farms are not used for human consumption. They are research birds, crucial to a groundbreaking collaboration with Japan's Kyoto Prefectural University, where the university's president, Dr. Yasuhiro Tsukamoto, has successfully extracted antibodies from the birds' eggs in an effort to create a vaccination against avian flu.
"This is not a fight that any regular citizen wants to get involved with. There are serious criminal penalties for injuring, endangering or killing animals or birds, as well as for discharging firearms where that activity is prohibited.... CSSA also call on our friends at the National Firearms Association and Canadian Coalition for Firearms Rights to join us in denouncing the CFIA's actions in this case....
"'We asked if we could independently test our birds, and they said no,' explained Karen Espersen, co-owner of Universal Ostrich Farms. 'We asked if we could quarantine. They said no. We asked if we could vaccinate. They said no. They don't want solutions, they want a cull.' CFIA opposed independent testing so vehemently that they threatened Universal Ostrich Farms with penalties of 6 months in jail and/or a $200,000 fine for each independent test....
"To learn more about this case and how you can help stop the slaughter of 400 ostriches, go to https://SaveOurOstriches.com
"Download the Timeline of Events here: https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/CSSA/PDF/Ostrich/Universal-Ostrich-Farms-Detailed-Timeline-of-Events.pdf"
Read more: https://cssa-cila.org/no-cfia-hunters-wont-kill-400-ostriches-for-you/
Court pauses cull order on B.C. ostriches ordered killed over avian flu fears | CBC British Columbia | January 31, 2025:
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