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The Supreme Court of Canada has put a temporary stop to plans by the federal food safety agency to cull 400 ostriches in British Columbia once infected with avian flu while it decides whether to hear an appeal to save the birds.

Mike Hager and Nancy Macdonald report that Justice Michelle O’Bonsawin today ordered the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to maintain custody of the ostriches on the farm in Edgewood, B.C., and granted a stay of proceedings in the cull, which was ordered in December.

The owners of the farm, one of whom was arrested Tuesday when she and her daughter refused to leave one of the bird pens, have also filed for leave to appeal the cull order, according to Supreme Court registry staff.

The feder

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