Supreme Court Stays Cull Order for B.C. Ostrich Farm

Karen Espersen, co-owner of Universal Ostrich Farms in Edgewood, B.C., celebrates with family after the Supreme Court of Canada granted a stay order, delaying the cull of nearly 400 ostriches due to an avian influenza outbreak. The cull, mandated by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, is contested by the farm owners, who previously failed to halt the cull in lower courts.

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