The Supreme Court of Canada has granted a stay in the destruction of a flock of ostriches until the court mulls an application for leave to appeal.

“Our lawyer called and Supreme Court of Canada has granted us an interim stay,” Katie Pasitney with the Universal Ostrich Farm said on Wednesday morning.

“We need to find out the specifics, but we’ve been granted an interim stay by Supreme Court of Canada. The animals are not dying today, and they’re not probably dying tomorrow, but we are going to be allowed to exhaust our full legal options.”

Pastiney said this buys the farm more time to fight the order.

Previously, the hay-bale wall set up around the flock of ostriches was burned by fire early Wednesday morning.

Firefighters could be seen hosing down the smouldering bales, which are sta

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