"Canada's food inspection agency says it plans to begin a complete depopulation of hundreds of ostriches at a farm after the country's top court declined to block the controversial cull. On Thursday, the supreme court said it would not take up a case that has catalyzed a fierce protest by the farm owners and protesters as well as senior figures in the Trump administration, who have decried the public health effort as government overreach."
"Universal Ostrich Farms, near the town of Edgewood, British Columbia, was first ordered in May to cull nearly 400 birds, amid fears of an outbreak of H5N1 avian flu, and earlier this week officials seized control of the business. Sixty-nine birds have already died after the outbreak of a flu-like illness, but on Wednesday, Canada's supreme court issued an interim stay on the cull order as it weighed whether to hear the case. Thursday's ruling removed any legal impediment to commencing the killings."
"Robert F Kennedy Jr, the US health secretary, lobbied Canadian officials and Mehmet Oz, a physician and former TV host appointed by Trump as the director of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, offered to move the birds to his ranch in Florida. US billionaire John Catsimatidis has also pleaded with the Canadian government to reverse its cull order."
Canada's food inspection agency plans to depopulate nearly 400 ostriches at Universal Ostrich Farms near Edgewood, British Columbia, after fears of an H5N1 avian flu outbreak. Officials ordered the cull in May and earlier this week seized control of the business. Sixty-nine birds have died from a flu-like illness. Canada's supreme court briefly issued an interim stay on the cull but declined to hear the case, removing legal impediments to proceeding. US figures including Robert F Kennedy Jr, Mehmet Oz, and John Catsimatidis lobbied to halt or relocate the birds. Protesters gathered at the farm and streamed skepticism about the birds' illness online. The case has entered federal political discourse in Canada.
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