The remaining ostriches at a British Columbia farm are set to be culled after the Supreme Court ruled Thursday it will not hear a last-ditch appeal to save the animals.

Universal Ostrich Farms, in Edgewood, B.C., requested the appeal following an August decision by the lower Federal Court that would see the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) cull the approximately 400 birds remaining on the farm after avian flu killed 69 ostriches in December 2024.

The CFIA said in a statement that the agency “will be moving forward to complete depopulation and disposal measures” as part of its mandate to stamp out highly pathogenic avian influenza.

Both courts determined that the CFIA “acted reasonably and in a procedurally fair manner in its decision” to cull the remaining ostriches, the agency s

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