OTTAWA - The Federal Court of Appeal has denied an application for another stay order to delay a cull of about 400 ostriches at a British Columbia farm that was hit by an outbreak of avian influenza, removing a legal block against the slaughter proceeding.

Katie Pasitney, the spokeswoman for Universal Ostrich Farms, said Friday's ruling means an interim stay granted last weekend to give the farm in Edgewood, B.C., time to make legal submissions "no longer exists."

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