RCMP say investigations are ongoing in relation to their enforcement operation at a British Columbia farm where avian influenza prompted the cull of hundreds of ostriches, with charges neither laid nor stayed after several arrests.

Katie Pasitney, whose mother Karen Espersen is the co-owner of Universal Ostrich Farms, had posted a video to her Facebook profile on Monday saying charges against the pair stemming from their arrests in September had been "dropped."

In the video, she says they no longer had a scheduled court appearance this week.

But RCMP Staff Sgt. Kris Clark says in an email that an original court appearance has been "allowed to lapse," and "new court-compelling documents" would be issued at a later date.

He says no charges have been laid or stayed in relation to the situ

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