BREAKING: RCMP blocks supporters from B.C. ostrich farm as gunshots ring out

Tension escalates at Edgewood farm as police bar entry and emotional scenes unfold.

Drea Humphrey
  |   November 06, 2025   |   News Analysis   |   4 Comments

Update from the scene: More reports of gunshots

In a dramatic escalation of the ongoing battle over Universal Ostrich Farms in Edgewood, British Columbia, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) is blocking the farm's entrance, refusing to allow supporters to enter the property.

I was told that the RCMP is blocking the entrance to the farm, refusing to allow supporters to enter.

Shots rang out from the ostrich pen late Thursday, sparking fears that the cull had began. I reported live from the scene as tears cried out from supporters locked outside and as gunfire echoed.

You can clearly hear the sound of gunfire coming from the direction of the kill pen.

The move comes as the farm's owners were awaiting a Supreme Court decision on their appeal against the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), which has seized the site since 22 September and demands the mass cull of hundreds of healthy ostriches over disputed bird flu concerns.

The flock has remained untested, asymptomatic, and healthy for nearly 10 months, yet the CFIA insists on their destruction.

Katie Pasitney, spokesperson for the farm and daughter of co-owner Karen Espersen, earlier described the impending ruling as "the last stand" for her family's operation. Speaking to Rebel News ahead of the hearing, Pasitney expressed deep emotional strain from the separation and raised alarms over the birds' welfare under CFIA control, noting apparent neglect and a sharp drop in visible ostriches on site.

Compounding the heartbreak, the family is mourning the sudden death of longtime supporter Tom Barnaby, who passed away unexpectedly on Monday, November 3, from natural causes. Barnaby's loss has galvanised the community, with farmers continuing to invite peaceful demonstrators and campers to rally against government overreach.

Supporters outside the barricade urge vigilance, fearing a covert cull under cover of darkness.

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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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  • Tim Kelley
    commented 2025-11-07 10:22:10 -0500
    Trudeau started all of this with his invocation of the emergencies act now they just run rough shot over us.
  • Robin Naismith
    followed this page 2025-11-07 10:14:58 -0500
  • Tonie Sternbergh
    commented 2025-11-07 06:36:48 -0500
    If the enemy of our souls could, he would destroy all life on this planet, he would make this a dead and lifeless place,
    but Jesus said, “Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?” Luke 12:6. And in Revelation 22:20,
    He says, “Surely I come quickly.” Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
  • Max Furuness
    followed this page 2025-11-06 23:08:35 -0500
  • james demers
    commented 2025-11-06 22:50:40 -0500
    The way this farm has been handled is truly disgusting. I’m not an ostrich fan per say but I know the importance of farmers and farms. Every actor involved in this, from the CFIA bureaucrats, their enforcers and police officers, are complicit. Anyone attending this farm for the last several months have seen first hand how crazy this cull order is. No science, no decency, no common sense.
  • Bruce Atchison
    commented 2025-11-06 22:47:15 -0500
    Welcome to Soviet Canada. Those wicked people are like the Nazi guards who said at the Nuremberg trials, “I vos just followink orders.”