Supreme Court of Canada grants stay on ostrich cull, farm’s lawyer says
CFIA has until Oct. 3 to reply to the application.
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Ostrich farm in BC is now under the protection of an Indian Tribe
Ostrich farm in BC is now under the protection of an Indian Tribe [Ktunaxa First Nations], which issued a Cease and Desist order to protect the birds and land. If I understand this correctly, now that the Tribe has issued this protection, they must be consulted for any decisions going forward pic.twitter.com/fCPZLYjbX8
— Melissa 🇨🇦 (@MelissaLMRogers) September 24, 2025
Pasitney told RCMP Wednesday morning that the Ktunaxa had signed on to help the night before.
“The ostriches and our land are now under the protection of the signatory Indian Tribe,” she said while handing officers a cease and desist. “This needs to go to the higher-ups.”
The officers said they would make sure it got to the relevant people.
Tensions between farmers and the federal government escalated in recent days, culminating in the arrest of Pasitney and her mother for “obstructing CFIA agents from performing their duties” under Section 35(1) of the Health of Animals Act.
They were quickly released under conditions.
FIRE at the hay bales prison set up at the Universal Ostrich Farm this morning. The bales were being guarded by cops so... pic.twitter.com/JYz4rg2PPu
— Odessa Orlewicz (@OdessaOrlewicz) September 24, 2025
Early Wednesday morning, a fire broke out among the hay bales brought in by the government. It was swiftly put out, and no animals were hurt.
Last-minute stay over the destruction of ostriches
By The Canadian Press
September 24, 2025 at 5:25AM EDT
The Supreme Court of Canada has granted a last-minute stay over the destruction of a flock of ostriches until the court mulls an application for leave to appeal.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has been on the farm in northeastern B.C. for days preparing for the cull of nearly 400 birds.
The high court’s document, supplied by the farm’s lawyer Umar Sheikh, says the order stays the enforcement of the CFIA’s “stamping-out policy” until the application for leave to appeal is dismissed or, if leave to appeal is granted, until the case is disposed of.
Sheikh says CFIA will stay at the farm, maintaining custody of the ostriches until the rulings are made, and the agency has until Oct. 3 to reply to the application.
Once those documents are filed, the farm has two days to give a final response before the court makes a decision “subject to the court’s timing and discretion,” he says
The news came on the farm just as a crowd of people had gathered for a prayer, and supporters erupted in cheers when the farm’s spokeswoman Katie Pasitney announced the stay.
“God is good,” she says. “God won today.”
The farm’s co-owner Karen Espersen says the news made her feel numb, but overjoyed and that she wanted to run and hug the birds.
The cull order was made shortly after avian flu was detected in the flock last December and nearly 70 animals died, but the farm has been fighting the animals destruction in court and on social media since then.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/cfia-prepares-for-cull-on-bc-ostrich-farm-after-outbreak-of-avian-influenza/
Power no man can measure
Power no man can measure flows through a critical mass of human beings united around a common intention with focused attention. Let’s wait and see if the Cease and Desist order to protect the birds and land is honored by CFIA. TY!
Without prejudice and without recourse
Doreen Agostino
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good news, but we need to keep the pressure on these heartless zombies