🚨Two days ago, Canada crossed a line it can never uncross.
November 7, 2025: Under cover of darkness, the CFIA's marksmen fired over 700 rounds into a kill pen at Universal Ostrich Farm in Edgewood, BC. Nearly 400 healthy ostriches—survivors of a 2024 avian flu outbreak, potential goldmines for antibody research—were gunned down in terror. Bodies hauled away like trash the next day. No final tests. No mercy. Just a 10-month legal farce ending with the Supreme Court slamming the door on appeals.
These weren't "diseased threats." Videos show vibrant birds, herd immunity intact, backed by RFK Jr., Dr. Oz, and scientists begging to study their IgY antibodies for flu and COVID breakthroughs. But unelected bureaucrats played executioner, RCMP blocked the gates, and families watched in horror. Compensation? A measly $3K per bird—if it even covers the trauma.
This precedent chills every farmer's blood: "Suspected" illness = instant slaughter, no due process. Who's next—your local dairy? Poultry co-op? It's not flu control; it's power unchecked, science sacrificed, dignity discarded.
When I was like 7 I went to the marsh and I had just read a book about birds and I remember pointing out this bird and saying what it was and then these birdwatchers with binoculars etc corroborated my identification and it felt so good