Rebel News has confirmed the death of hundreds of ostriches following the Canadian government-ordered cull.

Exclusive footage shows what appear to be hundreds of ostriches lying lifeless in a ‘kill pen’ — a site constructed by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA).

"Somewhere along the way our government decided to abuse the entity, that is the RCMP, and use you to do it's disgusting dirty work," Ostrich Farm supporters face-off with the federal agents after property lights were killed and rifle shots were heard near the birds pen. https://t.co/1Ojnbi06dZ pic.twitter.com/ysas2YJL18

— Efrain Flores Monsanto 🇨🇦🚛 (@efloresmonsanto) November 7, 2025

It appears as though government workers have executed the ostriches by shooting them and have begun covering them with tarps following the completion of this cull order.

We can't forget what the government did to this family. pic.twitter.com/mL1CqTtaC2

— Sheila Gunn Reid (@SheilaGunnReid) November 7, 2025

The ostriches were part of a healthy flock used in groundbreaking avian flu antibody research, yet the government ordered them killed without testing to confirm if they were sick.

Canadians and the farmers alike continue to demand answers as outrage grows over the questionable cull, the inhumane handling, and disturbing signs of government overreach.

BREAKING OSTRICH KILL NEWS:

Farm owner Karen Espersen, her son Esper, and daughters Katie & Whitney (on the phone) face their first morning after the slaughter.

I haven’t shown them the kill footage yet wanted them to have coffee first. Reaction soon at https://t.co/ziF2wnLm2P. pic.twitter.com/9oaaq8TwtR

— Drea Humphrey (@DreaHumphrey) November 7, 2025

Rebel News reporter Drea Humphrey, who has been closely covering the story, remains on scene and will have more updates to come.

Calgary-based Rebel reporter Syd Fizzard also made the trek to southeastern B.C., and after having captured drone footage of the kill pen earlier in the day caught the moment CFIA officials began disassembling the fortification.

BREAKING: CFIA begins taking down parts of their ostrich kill zone hay walls pic.twitter.com/7adZA836QZ

— Syd Fizzard 🍁 (@SydFizzard) November 7, 2025

He also heard from Universal Ostrich Farms co-owner Dave Bilinski, who shared his “absolute friggin' disgust” after seeing images of the slaughter. “How could anybody shoot that many healthy ostrich — or any animal. My God, it's a massacre.”

Bilinski also slammed the CFIA for refusing to test the birds for avian flu.

Universal Ostrich Farms co-owner Dave Bilinski react to seeing his ostriches following the CFIA'S slaughter pic.twitter.com/vrP3ZDbtJi

— Syd Fizzard 🍁 (@SydFizzard) November 7, 2025

“These birds are going to be martyrs, because with the law written the way it is, where a bureaucrat or anybody from CFIA can come on your farm, have a suspicion that you have a disease in your animals and order the slaughter of them is not Canada,” he said.

More drone footage captured in the aftermath shows officials using heavy machinery to pile the birds' bodies now that the cull has concluded.

Stay tuned as this story is still developing.

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For months, our team has been on the ground at Universal Ostrich Farms, documenting every step of this tragedy — from the first ominous signs of federal overreach to the night nearly a thousand shots rang out, leaving a field of hundreds of dead ostriches and a family shattered.

Our journalists confronted the RCMP, pressed CFIA officials, launched drones to reveal the truth, and refused to be intimidated or silenced.

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