OTTAWA - A Canadian Food Inspection Agency document on culling birds describes how ostriches should be killed, by methods that can include breaking their necks, lethal injection, gassing or shooting.

While the CFIA has repeatedly said it will not discuss its procedures in relation to a possible cull at an ostrich farm in British Columbia, an internal manual from 2016 describes various strategies.

These include having someone sit on an ostrich's back while another injects a lethal drug.

The manual was part of an access-to-information response released in July 2023 and uploaded by the Investigative Journalism Foundation eight months ago.

The Supreme Court of Canada is scheduled to decide on Thursday whether to hear a final appeal by Universal Ostrich Farms against a cull of hundreds of b

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