Photo Gallery: Supporters rally at ostrich farm

By Canadian Press on September 23, 2025.

The owners of an ostrich farm whose flock is subject to a cull order must leave today or face removal by police, who were called in to help support the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

RCMP and CFIA officials arrived on the farm Monday and served a warrant on the farm in southeastern British Columbia, where the owners have been fighting the cull order prompted by an outbreak of avian influenza that killed 69 ostriches.

Katie Pasitney, whose mother is a co-owner of Universal Ostrich Farms, posted a video to her Facebook page Monday evening showing a CFIA official telling the farmers they would be allowed to stay in the birds’ pen overnight.

Here are some scenes from the farm as supporters protested the cull.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 23, 2025.

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