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Canada’s food-safety agency says professional marksmen have killed hundreds of ostriches at a B.C. farm after the farm’s owners failed to secure a last-minute legal reprieve from the cull.

Mike Hager reports that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency today confirmed the completion of the extermination of the flock, which had been delayed by various legal challenges since an avian flu outbreak was detected last December.

The agency’s order, which dates back to last New Year’s Eve, was opposed by the farmers and their online army of supporters, which includes well-known figures such as U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and former television personality Mehmet Oz , who is now the administrator for the U.S.

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