Gunshots heard at Universal Ostrich farm in Edgewood, B.C.

Gunshots have been heard at Universal Ostrich Farms in Edgewood, B.C., on Thursday evening.

CBC News reporters on the scene reported hearing multiple shots just before 6:30 p.m. PT on Thursday.

It happened the same day the Supreme Court of Canada declined to hear an appeal to save the flock at Universal Ostrich from a cull ordered by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA).

The cull was ordered after avian flu was detected at the farm last December.