On Thursday evening, authorities from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency descended on Universal Ostrich Farms in British Columbia, Canada, according to Global News Canada . They reportedly herded 300 of the large birds into a hay bale pen, and later, gunshots rang out over the farm—possibly signaling the start of a controversial cull.

A video posted to the Universal Ostrich Farms Facebook page on Thursday indeed shows what appears to be dozens of ostriches confined inside a hay bale pen.

These events unfolded just hours after Canada’s Supreme Court dismissed an application from the owners of Universal Ostrich Farms to hear an appeal to save their flock. Despite fierce protest from the owners, their supporters, and even senior Trump Administration officials, the court moved in favo

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