OTTAWA — The Supreme Court plucked the last hope for survival of the now-famous flock of nearly 400 B.C. ostriches whose owner was hoping to save from being culled by the federal food inspection agency. Article content

On Thursday morning, Canada’s top court declined to hear the final appeal from Universal Ostrich Farms of a series of lower court decisions confirming that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) had fairly determined the flock of exotic birds needed to be culled. Article content

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The court does not issue reasons for its decisions on applications for leave to appeal.

Within minutes of the decision, the CFIA confirmed in a statement that it would be going forward with a “complete depopulation” of the flock linked to an outbreak of

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