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Canada: Supreme Court Halts Cull of 400 Ostriches

Canada: Supreme Court Halts Cull of 400 Ostriches

Canada: Supreme Court Halts Cull of 400 Ostriches
Above: An ostrich at a farm in the Choman district of Erbil, Iraq on April 30, 2025. Image credit: Ahsan Mohammed Ahmed Ahmed/Anadolu/Getty Images

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TheCanada's Supreme Court stay has rightly spared 400 ostriches from a reckless CFIA cull, as the birds have been healthy and symptom-free for 253 days. Even after draining the pond that drew in infected ducks, farmers face an agency refusing retesting and enforcing a WHO-backed "stamping -out policy" that tramples OIEestablished guidelines. This is government overreach at its worst — ignoring science, property rights, and the birds' vital role in producing therapeutic antibodies.

The Supreme Court’s stay may pause the cull, but it does not erase the danger. H5N1 is a deadly, highly contagious virus that can jump from birds to humans, and Canada's "stamping -out policy" — based on WHO standards and vital for trade — is essential to prevent its spread. Activists and Trump-aligned agitators are fueling harassment and death threats, undermining trust in public health while ignoring that exposed ostriches can silently shed the virus and mutate it into new threats.


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