An ostrich flock that has garnered international attention in the Kootenays has yet to be culled, but it is likely to happen soon.

Police and officials with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) arrived at the Universal Ostrich Farm in Edgewood on Monday .

They were met by dozens of protesters in support of the birds and the farm’s owner.

RCMP conducted a search warrant and set up a perimeter around the property on Monday.

“I believe they know there’s no virus in these birds now,” Dave Bilinski with the Universal Ostrich Farm said on Monday.

“That’s how nature works. We’ve got the animal with the strongest immune system of any animal in the world, is the ostrich.”

Katie Pasitney, whose mother is a co-owner of Universal Ostrich Farms, posted a video to her Facebook page Monday

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