EDGEWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA — It had taken more than 10 months before the first gunshots marked the beginning of a cull of hundreds of ostriches at a British Columbia farm that was ordered during an avian flu outbreak last New Year’s Eve.

But it was over within hours of starting on Thursday night, and by Friday afternoon supporters of the farm that had fought the cull were watching Canadian Food Inspection Agency workers in white protective suits begin disposing of the carcasses.

A utility vehicle with a front shovel was loading the remains into large metal containers inside the hay-bale pen where the birds were corralled before the CFIA said a “professional marksman” killed the flock estimated to number 300 to 330 birds.

Shots began ringing out at Universal Ostrich Farms near Ed

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