EDGEWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA — Supporters of a British Columbia ostrich farm say they will converge on the property after it lost a court appeal to stave off a cull of its flock that was infected with avian flu.

Posts on a social media group administered by Universal Ostrich Farm’s spokeswoman show people saying they are booking flights or are driving to the property in Edgewood in the B.C. southern Interior.

Others suggest a convoy or appealing to officials in the United States to have the birds moved there.

However, a spokesman for Federal Health Minister Marjorie Michel says she has not been in touch with any U.S. counterparts.

Farm spokeswoman Katie Pasitney, whose mother co-owns the farm, had called for supporters to go to the property and “sit with animals that need protect

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