Nearly 400 ostriches on the Universal Ostrich Farm in northern B.C. will be spared from a cull while the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) decides whether to hear the farm owners’ appeal against the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. Article content

Word of the SCC stay arrived on the farm, midday on Wednesday. Cheers went up from supporters as farm spokeswoman Katie Pasitney shared the news. Article content Article content

“Our lawyer called. The Supreme Court of Canada has granted us an interim stay,” she posted to her Facebook .

The owners have been fighting the cull order, prompted by an outbreak of avian influenza on the farm in December 2024. It killed 69 of their ostriches.

The CFIA’s response was to mandate a cull of the entire flock to prevent the spread of the virus. The age

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