A B.C. ostrich farm has lost its case to save its birds from a cull order issued by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) in January.

The decision was released today by the Federal Court of Appeal.

The case has attracted the attention of U.S. Secretary of Health, Robert Francis Kennedy, Jr., who has called on the Canadian government to save the birds.

The CFIA ordered the cull after two dead birds on the Universal Ostrich farm in Edgewood, B.C., tested positive for avian flu.

But the farm's owners and their supporters have tried to make the case that the surviving birds should be allowed to live, and potentially studied to see if the birds could provide insight into how to fight the disease.

In a statement to Facebook, Katie Pasitney, the farm's spokesperson, called the news "dev

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