We could not save the ostriches. The Canadian government killed them all in a shockingly cruel end to this saga.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) alleged that the ostriches had bird flu but there was never any proof of that. Farm owners offered to test the birds but the government said that they would be fined for doing so.
Several virologists argued that, if the birds were infected, their antibodies could have been scientifically valuable in studying and potentially preventing human transmission. The CFIA would not consider those options. They were intent on killing the ostriches and after a drawn-out legal fight, they succeeded when the Supreme Court of Canada declined to stop them last week.
The images are straight out of a horror film. I don’t know how anyone can ever forgive the Canadian government for this. May God’s wrath come to the fullest extent to every single person who would do this to innocent animals.
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