If you live in British Columbia and you still vote for David Eby in his unneeded snap election costing us millions, you deserve to step on Lego for eternity.
He’s so confident you’re stupid and I’m scared he’s right.
BREAKING! And this is legitimate breaking.
I have just been informed that the interim stay to protect the ostriches has been granted!
Well done! @uasind
I am a licensed Canadian Veterinarian with 30 years of relevant knowledge, skill set and experience.
In my professional opinion, there is no humane way to cull these birds due to their inherent behaviour:
Heavy mass.
Spindly legs that fracture easily. Prone to running without self preservation.
Very resistant to ammunition. Almost impossible to herd. Highly sensitive.
Poor target zones- size and location.
Easily triggered by noise and movement.
So, to humanely cull them in group numbers is virtually impossible. Meaning it would take high level skill to euthanize one humanely, let alone 396!
Again, in my opinion, there is no reason to cull at this point and every reason not to. Really good reasons not to.
Furthermore, the types of folks they have brought in to perform the cull are not animal welfare trained.
From an outside perspective, the current situation seems to be a case of injured ego at the individual management level (can’t back down mindset) and governmental loss of control to a non-Canadian oversight organization. Little to no sovereignty. (Zero SOE reason at present). Literally the CFIA should not be governed by a non-sovereign organization, who truly does not care about these birds’ welfare.
Those who could speak out are fearful to do so bc of potential loss of employ, licensure, livelihood and personal security- with good reason considering the unfairness we have seen and experienced throughout the past few years. Namely, severe penalties and incarceration for peaceful assembly and free speech rallying.
Canada is not the free and dependable country it once proudly was.
At some point someone has to point this out despite the personal risk. (There shouldn’t be any risk to do so, in a democracy.)
I, personally, am appalled and deeply negatively affected by these proceedings and can see the clear necessity to stop this unnecessary, traumatic cull from an ethical animal welfare perspective.
Public safety can be achieved through individual testing, observation for symptomology, isolation of any unwell individuals and possibly euthanasia of those that develop symptoms.
Certainly a widespread cull is only going to cause mass injury, mass panic, massive suffering.
The challenge is the species and its inherent behaviour. There are very few humane options for culling a large number of ratites at once.
Therefore management and individual testing is only humane option.
I would use a humane chute or gated graduated channel system to move them safely and calmly. Collect sample and release to sorting pens. The process should be as quick as possible.
My personal professional opinion is:
Humane treatment is paramount.
The cull is unnecessary at this point.
The governance needs to reconsider their position and see current shift away from necessity to cull. To understand that it is more beneficial to work with the natural immminity and preserve it for future use from a global health benefit perspective. The urgency to cull has long gone as the herd has self maintained its health.
“Transmission without symptoms is largely a fallacy”-Dr. Byram Bridle.
The birds are now geographically well contained and asymptomatic.
They contain recovered natural immunity antibodies -the best and most robustly protective type.
They could be an important reservoir of genetics and immunity for the prevention of an avian influenza pandemic. It is in the public protection interest to preserve this reservoir of antibodies.
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Dear @realDonaldTrump, Canada's government has turned on its people. We did not elect this.
It appears YOUR Administration may be the last hope for 400 Healthy Animals about to be slaughtered by Police & Government.
Godspeed.
@JDVance@RobertKennedyJr@joerogan
What will it take for a federal politician of any stripe to bring up the fact that the government is about to do a mass killing of 400 ostriches in British Columbia?
JUST DOING THEIR JOBS
400 RCMP officers for 400 ostriches 🦤
Meanwhile → 4,000 criminal orgs with 150,000 members roam FREE.
This isn’t law & order.
This is a CLOWN COUNTRY.
PRIORITIES GONE DOWN THE TOILET 🚽
https://t.co/IpYcLdORNl
Are we seriously OK with the government invading a property to murder 400 healthy ostriches because they fucking say so?
Is this a country you’re proud of?
Are these killers welcome in your home and business?
Im utterly disgusted on every level
Killing 400 healthy ostriches out of spite is unconscious, evil and sadistic. Fuck off Moderna; we know you stand to benefit from the death of these ostriches. Shame on you @CFIAPresACIA @GovCanHealth@MarjoriePLC. This must be stopped.