EDGEWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA — The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says it will move forward with "complete depopulation" of hundreds of ostriches at a British Columbia farm after the owners lost a bid to have their case against the cull heard by the Supreme Court of Canada.

The agency said in a statement on Thursday that it has respected all orders of the courts "and expects the ostrich farm owners and supporters to do the same now that the Supreme Court of Canada has issued its judgment."

The High Court's decision not to hear a final appeal by the owners of Universal Ostrich Farms in the southern Interior community of Edgewood, B.C., comes more than 10 months after the CFIA issued the cull order following detection of an avian flu outbreak.

Thursday's ruling removed any legal im

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