Karen Espersen, the co-owner of Universal Ostrich Farms, embraces her daughter, Katie Pasitney, at the farm in Edgewood, B.C.,聽after the Supreme Court of Canada declined to hear the farm鈥檚 appeal against an order to cull more than 300 of its ostriches on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Hemens
Karen Espersen, the co-owner of Universal Ostrich Farms, is embraced by supporters and her daughter, Katie Pasitney, at the farm in Edgewood, B.C., following the announcement that the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed the farm鈥檚 appeal to stay an order to cull more than 300 of its ostriches on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Hemens
Dave Bilinski, the co-owner of Universal Ostrich Farms, participates in a group prayer in Edgewood, B.C., following the announcement that the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed the farm鈥檚 appeal to stay an order to cull more than 300 of its ostriches on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Hemens
Katie Pasitney, the daughter of one of the co-owners of Universal Ostrich Farms, speaks to media in Edgewood, B.C., following the announcement that the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed the farm鈥檚 appeal to stay an order to cull more than 300 of its ostriches on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Hemens
CFIA employees in hazmat suits interact with ostriches near a cull enclosure located by the Universal Ostrich Farms in Edgewood, B.C., after the Supreme Court of Canada declined to hear the farm鈥檚 appeal against an order to cull more than 300 of its ostriches on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Hemens
Karen Espersen, the co-owner of Universal Ostrich Farms, embraces her daughter, Katie Pasitney, at the farm in Edgewood, B.C.,聽after the Supreme Court of Canada declined to hear the farm鈥檚 appeal against an order to cull more than 300 of its ostriches on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Hemens
A sign calling for the protection of ostriches at the Universal Ostrich Farms is displayed at the farm in Edgewood, B.C., on Saturday, May 17, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Hemens
Karen Espersen, right, the co-owner of Universal Ostrich Farms, speaks with supporters with her daughter, Katie Pasitney, at the farm in Edgewood, B.C., on Monday, Sept. 22, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Hemens
Karen Espersen, the co-owner of Universal Ostrich Farms, is embraced by supporters and her daughter, Katie Pasitney, at the farm in Edgewood, B.C., following the announcement that the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed the farm鈥檚 appeal to stay an order to cull more than 300 of its ostriches on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Hemens
Dave Bilinski, the co-owner of Universal Ostrich Farms, participates in a group prayer in Edgewood, B.C., following the announcement that the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed the farm鈥檚 appeal to stay an order to cull more than 300 of its ostriches on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Hemens
Katie Pasitney, the daughter of one of the co-owners of Universal Ostrich Farms, speaks to media in Edgewood, B.C., following the announcement that the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed the farm鈥檚 appeal to stay an order to cull more than 300 of its ostriches on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Hemens
Supporters of Universal Ostrich Farms stand near ostriches at the farm鈥檚 property in Edgewood, B.C., on Saturday, May 17, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Hemens
CFIA employees in hazmat suits interact with ostriches near a cull enclosure located by the Universal Ostrich Farms in Edgewood, B.C., after the Supreme Court of Canada declined to hear the farm鈥檚 appeal against an order to cull more than 300 of its ostriches on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Hemens
EDGEWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - Numerous gunshots have been heard at a British Columbia ostrich farm where the 好色tv Food Inspection Agency says it is moving ahead with a cull of hundreds of the birds.
The shooting at Universal Ostrich Farms in Edgewood, B.C., was coming from inside an enclosure made of hay bales where the CFIA had herded scores of the ostriches.
Supporters of the farm shouted "Stop!" and "Murderers!" during the shooting, which came after darkness fell.
The operation came after the CFIA said it was moving ahead with the "complete depopulation and disposal" of the flock of hundreds of ostriches, more than 10 months after it ordered their destruction amid an avian flu outbreak.
The Supreme Court of Canada had announced earlier Thursday that it would not hear a final appeal against the cull by the farm's owners.
That lifted any legal impediment to the killing of the flock that the CFIA says consists of 300 to 330 birds.
This report by 好色tvwas first published Nov. 6, 2025.
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