{"id":32167,"date":"2025-01-17T00:09:57","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T00:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/activist\/statement-on-planned-mass-killing-at-b-c-ostrich-farm\/"},"modified":"2025-01-17T00:09:57","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T00:09:57","slug":"statement-on-planned-mass-killing-at-b-c-ostrich-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=32167","title":{"rendered":"Statement on Planned Mass Killing at B.C. Ostrich Farm"},"content":{"rendered":"


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EDGEWOOD, B.C.\u2014 Animal Justice is deeply concerned by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency\u2019s (CFIA) heavy-handed plan to kill around 400 ostriches at a farm in Edgewood B.C. after an avian flu outbreak was declared on December 31. <\/p>\n

According to media reports,<\/a> the farm has been under quarantine since the outbreak declaration, and while multiple birds have died (around 10 percent reportedly), the majority of the ostriches are healthy and showing resilience to the illness. <\/p>\n

When discussing the outbreak, Dr. Scott Weese\u2014a highly-respected professor at the Ontario Veterinary College\u2014noted mass culls may no longer be the best approach<\/a> given that H5N1 influenza is now endemic, especially in situations where risk of transmission is reduced. <\/p>\n

To combat the growing threat of bird flu, the root causes of disease in industrial farming<\/a> must be addressed in order to protect both animal and human health. Animal Justice believes each of these surviving ostriches deserves a better fate than to be shot through the head by a bolt gun, which is the manner in which the CFIA would likely kill them.<\/a> <\/p>\n

\u201cThese ostriches shouldn\u2019t be forced to pay for the failures of factory farming. Avian flu outbreaks are a symptom of this broken system, yet it\u2019s the individual birds who pay the ultimate price,\u201d said Camille Labchuk, lawyer and executive director at Animal Justice. \u201cLike all animals, these ostriches are not mere disposable items. They are self-aware, living beings who deserve dignity and protection. Mass culls are not a solution to systemic issues that encourage highly-infectious diseases to thrive.\u201d<\/p>\n

Contact:<\/p>\n

Josh Lynn
Public Relations Manager
jlynn@animaljustice.ca<\/p>\n

Camille Labchuk
Executive Director
camille@animaljustice.ca<\/p>\n

The post Statement on Planned Mass Killing at B.C. Ostrich Farm<\/a> appeared first on Animal Justice<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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