A New York billionaire is intent on saving hundreds of B.C. ostriches from being slaughtered based on an order from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), believing they are crucial to medical research into immunity and treatment of viruses. Article content

Red Apple Group founder, John Catsimatidis, told the Daily Mail earlier this month he is ‘outraged’ at what is happening and that he is prepared to fund Universal Ostrich Farm’s ongoing legal battle. Article content

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Last December, the CFIA ordered the farm’s flock of 400 birds be culled. It also fined the farm’s owners after 69 birds died on the farm from avian flu in December and January.

The farm took its dispute with government officials to the Federal Court last spring. The court u

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