Several gunshots heard at a B.C. ostrich farm ended year

Several gunshots heard at a B.C. ostrich farm signalled the end of an almost year-long saga to shield the lives of more than 300 birds.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced Friday that it had culled the birds, the CBC is reporting. The Canadian Press reports to complete the cull, a “professional marksman was used as the most appropriate and humane option.”

The agency moved ahead after the Supreme Court of Canada announcement early Thursday that it would not hear an appeal against the cull by the farm’s owners.

The gunshot sounds heard Thursday night at Universal Ostrich Farms in Edgewood, B.C., came from inside an enclosure made of hay bales where the CFIA had herded scores of the ostriches, reports B.C. media outlet, Castanet . Farm supporters shouted “Stop!” and “Murderers!