EDGEWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - The mother and daughter at the centre of a movement to save their flock of 400 ostriches from a cull order had just finished a sombre and tearful prayer alongside supporters at their farm in British Columbia, when they heard the Supreme Court of Canada had granted a last-minute stay, sparing the birds for now.

The crowd erupted in loud cheers, with several saying God had heard their prayer.

"They're safe today! They live today!" said Katie Pasitney, whose mother is a co-owner of the farm near the tiny community of Edgewood in southeastern B.C.

"We have time," she said, embracing her mother, Karen Espersen.

"Getting arrested was worth it," she told Espersen.

RCMP officers — called in by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to help keep the peace duri

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