Convoy of police and other vehicles outside B.C. ostrich farm, advocate says

By Canadian Press on September 22, 2025.

EDGEWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA — An advocate for a flock of 400 ostriches in British Columbia’s Interior says she believes the cull at the farm is imminent.

A spokeswoman for the farm, Katie Pasitney, says a convoy of police vehicles and waste disposal trucks is outside the property in Edgewood, B.C.

A live video posted on Facebook shows the vehicles driving along the road heading toward the farm.

Neither the RCMP nor the Canadian Food Inspection were immediately available to provide comment.

Pasitney asks the farm’s followers in the video to please “stop the massacre” from happening.

Some of the birds on the farm were infected by avian flu and ordered destroyed, but the farm’s owners delayed the order by going to court in a failed attempt to prevent the cull.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 22, 2025.

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