Ostrich farm claims military grade helicopters scouting farm

Universal Ostrich Farms is scrambling to pursue a Supreme Court appeal after another court loss.

Drea Humphrey
  |   September 17, 2025   |   News   |   4 Comments

Despite a recent legal setback, Universal Ostrich Farms in Edgewood, B.C., remains hopeful their 400 healthy ostriches will be spared.

The farm's exotic birds face a cull by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) after a Federal Court justice denied an emergency stay. Despite recovering from avian flu and being asymptomatic for 246 days, the flock's fate now rests on a Supreme Court appeal.

Rebel News interviewed Katie Pasitney, farm spokesperson and daughter of an owner. She discusses the family's struggles, limitations of what American health officials can do from across the border, and their final legal hope: a crowdfunded Supreme Court request (that hasn't been heard yet), being prepared by their lawyer, Umar Sheikh. 

Pasitney also discusses court's acceptance of the CFIA's "mutant virus" claim and rejection of defence expert reports.

Nine months after initial PCR tests, and despite a six-month absence from the farm, Canada's deputy chief veterinarian, Cathy Furness, claims that upon re-examination, the flock's avian flu samples reveal a "novel reassortment" of the virus with "enhanced pathogenicity," describing it as "among the most virulent" strains.

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Drea Humphrey

B.C. Bureau Chief

Based in British Columbia, Drea Humphrey reports on Western Canada for Rebel News. Drea’s reporting is not afraid to challenge political correctness, or ask the tough questions that mainstream media tends to avoid.

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  • Fran g
    commented 2025-09-21 13:17:32 -0400
    Surprisingly, Eby supported the ostriches. Has Pollieuve made any comments? I hope he has. Of course, no comment from carnage, as expected. Hes definately part of the problem.
  • Peter Wrenshall
    commented 2025-09-18 22:05:06 -0400
    What “input” does Big Pharma have to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency?
  • Ruth Bard
    commented 2025-09-17 22:51:21 -0400
    Maybe they plan to shoot the ostriches from the helicopters like those deer in BC, at, what was it, $10k/head.
  • Bruce Atchison
    commented 2025-09-17 19:55:46 -0400
    Those food fascists are getting serious. When governments use military assets against citizens, something is horribly WRONG! Pierre Poilievre must mention this egregious use of military helicopters.