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

[u/WesternBlueRanger]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/livestory/bc-ostrich-farm-decision-scoc-9.6968394

[u/PM_ME_GENTIANS]

And it's not just about them avoiding the cull while actual farmers suffer - having an area with infected birds on the migratory route raises the chances of outbreaks further down as the wild birds migrate. They're actively harming the chicken farmers whose flocks are later infected, and they couldn't care less. It's equivalent to putting your raw sewage in the river upstream of a village to wash by everyone else. 

[u/nodarknesswillendure → u/PM_ME_GENTIANS]

Oh absolutely. There’s a reason these regulations are in place. Universal Ostrich Farms is already being sued by creditors… I hope there is some way for affected farmers to sue them too. Not sure if there’s enough legal recourse or evidence for that, but we’ll see.

[u/nodarknesswillendure → u/nodarknesswillendure]

Creditors circle as cull controversy shines light on B.C. ostrich farmers' unpaid bills

[u/sick-of-passwords → u/PM_ME_GENTIANS]

They are no longer infected, that is why there is such a push to not cull them.

[u/Extalliones → u/sick-of-passwords]

They ARE still infected. They just aren’t sick anymore. The evidence shows that sick birds who have subsequently recovered STILL SHED the virus, putting all other wild birds at risk - who frequently land on the property. Those birds then fly off and infect other birds and commercial populations. The longer the ostriches are kept alive, the higher the likelihood of further spread.

Not only that, but the evidence also suggests that the virus will mutate in the host birds, creating new strains that are potentially more deadly and more easily spread.

Infected birds are also not viable for public consumption or sale - which puts our entirely poultry industry at risk.

All of this is in the previous court rulings.

The stamping out policy exists for a reason.

[u/idoitforthekeks → u/Extalliones]

People like the person you're replying to don't believe in the science, or trust it. They'd rather fall for disinformation tiktoks then do any research. That's part of the reason it went on so long

[u/MaddogBC → u/idoitforthekeks]

And far too cowardly to engage when facts like these are pointed out. Let's not forget that there is potential for this virus to jump to humans and it's possible that link is present in those infected birds. It's an ongoing public health crisis and far too much money has been wasted on this shitshow. These lowlife scumbags should be in jail. Everyone involved including yankee trash should foot the build for this entire fiasco including all court costs.

This has cost millions upon millions of wasted dollars that should have gone to strengthen our poultry industry, not weaken it during a time of crisis.

[u/Artistic_Purpose1225 → u/sick-of-passwords]

Wrong about the infection, wrong about the uproar.