Gunshots have been heard at Universal Ostrich Farms in Edgewood, B.C., on Thursday evening.

CBC News reporters on the scene reported hearing multiple shots just before 6:30 p.m. PT on Thursday.

It happened the same day the Supreme Court of Canada declined to hear an appeal to save the flock at Universal Ostrich from a cull ordered by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA).

The cull was ordered after avian flu was detected at the farm last December.

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