'I don't know how they can kill this many': Order to cull 400 B.C. ostriches may breach cruelty law: lawyer
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'I don't know how they can kill this many': Order to cull 400 B.C. ostriches may breach cruelty law: lawyer

Published Jan 15, 2025 at 8:00pm

A Vancouver lawyer says the looming destruction of 400 ostriches on a remote B.C. farm could be deemed unlawful animal cruelty.

On Tuesday, Rebeka Breder weighed in on the controversy around a Canadian Food Inspection Agency order that Universal Ostrich Farm in Edgewood destroy its entire flock after an outbreak of avian flu. Some of the birds are over 30 years old and have lived on the farm their entire lives.

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