shockedcanadian
Diamond Member
- Aug 6, 2012
- 43,988
- 43,028
- 3,605
Would the FBI or some of your Creepy Ones be involved in this in the U.S? Apparently these ostriches have unique DNA to be tested since they survived the outbreak and the last death among them was January 15th. Why the need to kill them all? I don't know, I'm not an expert, I just report the news here.
There even had companies who had rented the equipment to kill the bird, demand their equipment back and cancelled the order. Ditto for the truck rental company. They are smart enough to realize the financial harm to their business if they were viewed as supporting these killings of the healthy ostriches.
This is receiving International attention, there are many videos online. Calls from people to police mocking them with "I am just doing my job" to question their principle and humanity. Reminds me of the police in Toronto who killed a young bear cub who seemed to have gotten lost and was scared in backyards rather than waiting for the tranquilizers. People were pissed calling them coward etc.
Apparently Dr. Oz offered to house then in Florida as he cares about life. What an interesting contrast between nations. RFK and Oz apparently understand the uniqueness of these ostriches as they survived Avian flu and can be studied etc. Canadians just say, "naw, shoot them".
It's similar to the Chinese killing their pets during covid because they are irrational and lack intellectual curiousity beyond their eyesight.
www.theglobeandmail.com
More than a dozen RCMP cruisers converged on a B.C. ostrich farm just before dawn on Monday to execute search warrants, as the owners made a last-ditch effort to prevent the cull of hundreds of birds whose fate has attracted international attention.
Staff Sergeant Kris Clark, a spokesperson for the Mounties in B.C. who was on the scene at the farm in the Kootenay town of Edgewood, told The Globe that officers were there to assist the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, which had obtained a warrant to enter the farm beginning at 6 a.m. that day.
He said late Monday afternoon that he expected the CFIA could take days to finish, but that he could not say what exactly the agency was doing.
“So when they’re done - whatever they need to do - then we’ll be able to release the property,” Staff Sgt. Clark said.
The CFIA, the federal agency responsible for food safety, did not respond to a request for comment Monday.
The CFIA intends to cull the 400 birds in order to prevent the spread of avian flu, but the owners of the farm have been waging a court and social media fight to save the animals.
Test results on two of the birds last December indicated they were infected with avian flu and 69 of them died.
Earlier this year, lawyers for the family argued in Federal Court the ostriches were no longer infected, and that the cull was unwarranted. They also argued that there was scientific value in studying the birds who had survived the deadly disease.
Just before 6:30 a.m. Monday, video taken by Katie Pasitney, whose mother is a co-owner of the farm, showed a convoy of vehicles arriving at the farm. The video shows the ostriches fleeing.
Videos taken at the farm throughout the day show a tense scene with some supporters yelling at police.
lethbridgenewsnow.com
There even had companies who had rented the equipment to kill the bird, demand their equipment back and cancelled the order. Ditto for the truck rental company. They are smart enough to realize the financial harm to their business if they were viewed as supporting these killings of the healthy ostriches.
This is receiving International attention, there are many videos online. Calls from people to police mocking them with "I am just doing my job" to question their principle and humanity. Reminds me of the police in Toronto who killed a young bear cub who seemed to have gotten lost and was scared in backyards rather than waiting for the tranquilizers. People were pissed calling them coward etc.
Apparently Dr. Oz offered to house then in Florida as he cares about life. What an interesting contrast between nations. RFK and Oz apparently understand the uniqueness of these ostriches as they survived Avian flu and can be studied etc. Canadians just say, "naw, shoot them".
It's similar to the Chinese killing their pets during covid because they are irrational and lack intellectual curiousity beyond their eyesight.
RCMP arrive on ostrich farm ahead of expected cull
Police say they are there to assist the CFIA in executing a search warrant
www.theglobeandmail.com
More than a dozen RCMP cruisers converged on a B.C. ostrich farm just before dawn on Monday to execute search warrants, as the owners made a last-ditch effort to prevent the cull of hundreds of birds whose fate has attracted international attention.
Staff Sergeant Kris Clark, a spokesperson for the Mounties in B.C. who was on the scene at the farm in the Kootenay town of Edgewood, told The Globe that officers were there to assist the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, which had obtained a warrant to enter the farm beginning at 6 a.m. that day.
He said late Monday afternoon that he expected the CFIA could take days to finish, but that he could not say what exactly the agency was doing.
“So when they’re done - whatever they need to do - then we’ll be able to release the property,” Staff Sgt. Clark said.
The CFIA, the federal agency responsible for food safety, did not respond to a request for comment Monday.
The CFIA intends to cull the 400 birds in order to prevent the spread of avian flu, but the owners of the farm have been waging a court and social media fight to save the animals.
Test results on two of the birds last December indicated they were infected with avian flu and 69 of them died.
Earlier this year, lawyers for the family argued in Federal Court the ostriches were no longer infected, and that the cull was unwarranted. They also argued that there was scientific value in studying the birds who had survived the deadly disease.
Just before 6:30 a.m. Monday, video taken by Katie Pasitney, whose mother is a co-owner of the farm, showed a convoy of vehicles arriving at the farm. The video shows the ostriches fleeing.
Videos taken at the farm throughout the day show a tense scene with some supporters yelling at police.
A timeline of the fight to save a flock of ostriches in a B.C. farm
A timeline of the fight to save a flock of ostriches in a B.C. farm
Universal Ostrich Farms in Edgewood, B.C., has spent months fighting a cull order from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency that would result in the deaths of nearly 400 birds. On Monday, police and disposal trucks converged on the farm. RCMP said in a...
lethbridgenewsnow.com
Last edited:
