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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