Canada's Supreme Court won’t hear appeal of ostrich cull order

Canada's Supreme Court has decided not to perceive an entreaty astir a national agency's bid to cull hundreds of ostriches astatine a British Columbia farm

OTTAWA, Ontario -- Canada's Supreme Court said Thursday it volition not perceive an entreaty regarding a national agency’s mandate to cull hundreds of ostriches astatine a British Columbia farm.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency issued the cull bid past Dec. 31 pursuing detection of a bird flu outbreak.

Owners of the workplace successful the confederate interior assemblage of Edgewood, British Columbia person been warring the bid successful the courts, arguing the surviving ostriches amusement nary signs of unwellness and should beryllium spared.

The nutrient inspection bureau says ostriches that look steadfast whitethorn inactive dispersed the disease.

The bureau has custody of the birds, and the farm’s owners person claimed they were unlawfully removed from the spot by the bureau and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

The cull appeared imminent, but the Supreme Court issued a enactment until it decided whether to perceive the farm’s case.

U.S. Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. sent a missive to the president of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency urging him to reconsider destroying the birds. Separately, Dr. Mehmet Oz, erstwhile TV property and existent head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, offered his Florida ranch to relocate the animals.

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