The Supreme Court of Canada will make a decision next week about whether it will hear a high-profile case out of B.C’s Interior.

The court will announce next Thursday if it will take on the case of Universal Ostrich Farms in Edgewood.

The owners of the farm are fighting the planned cull that was ordered last December by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) after the flock was hit by an outbreak of avian flu, which the agency says went on to kill 69 birds.

Tests were conducted on two of the dead birds and came back positive for H5N1 flu, but the farm’s owners have been pushing for the surviving birds to be tested.

The farmers say the remaining ostriches show no signs of illness and should not be killed, while the CFIA says ostriches that appear healthy can still spread the disease

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