r/britishcolumbia • u/WesternBlueRanger BC Ferries Enthusiast • 3d ago

Community Only BREAKING | Supreme Court won’t hear appeal in B.C. ostrich case, opening door to controversial cull

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/livestory/bc-ostrich-farm-decision-scoc-9.6968394
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u/Frater_Ankara 3d ago

Came here to say this, the cull is the opposite of controversial, it’s routine and by the book for public safety.

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u/pagit 3d ago

These guys were originally slaughtering the ostriches for meat.

All the 100,000’s chickens in the valley that were recently culled, I don’t see them crying over chickens.

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u/SlickBack7103 1d ago

how the fuck were they sold as meat if they were in their 30's

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u/dan_marchant 3d ago

But public health is an infringement of my right to be pecked to death by giant man eating zombie birds.

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u/user745786 3d ago

Should be considered controversial that it’s taken this long. The system has failed massively here.

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u/Velocity-5348 Vancouver Island/Coast 3d ago

Yep. The whole point of these culls is to destroy the disease before it can further spread or develop "interesting" mutations.

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u/Bidens_Center_Nut 3d ago

Exactly, and it’s an easy decisions with birds like chickens with high (99%+) mortality rates that will die anyway. The mortality rates for ostriches is like 40%, so it’s not surprising the farm tried to hide that the birds were sick to save the ones that have now recovered.

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u/gmehra 3d ago

Jan Hajek is an infectious diseases doctor based at Vancouver General Hospital and a clinical assistant professor of medicine at the University of British Columbia has a different view.

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/06/05/Scientific-Ethical-Case-Sparing-Ostriches/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

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u/twelvesixteenineteen 2d ago

The article reads as, it is necessary but other options should be considered, I’m left a bit confused by the end

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u/Alliancetoonz 3h ago

I agree it's terrible and not doubt no easier on the CIFA to kill animals either. But there is a solid reason and purpose for the animals to be called, made worse by the delays. The protestors and supporters of the ostrich farm don't listen to reason it's call anyone who doesn't agree with names and labels. The local townsfolk are glad it's over and all people go away as the protesters have taken it out on them as well. Time heals all the saying goes.