The ostrich farm in British Columbia, which has become the flash point of a avian flu The epidemic, “did not cooperate” with the authorities to manage the epidemic, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.
Universal ostruch Farm “has failed to undertake appropriate measures to mitigate biosecurity,” the CFIA said in a statement.
Cfia had previously had commanded the whole herd On the farm, being shot down following an avian flu epidemic in December. The epidemic would have come from a herd of ducks who migrated to the farm.
Nearly 70 ostriches died following the epidemic.
The agency said in its declaration that the farm had not pointed out the first cases of illness and death among the birds at the Ecia and did not comply with the quarantine orders.
He also did not take measures such as the limitation of the access of wild birds to the ostriches, the control of the water flow of the quarantine area to other parts of the farm, or the improvement of the fencing, said the CFIA.
“These actions considerably increase the risk of transmission of the disease and reflect contempt for regulatory compliance and animal health standards,” the statement said.
The farm said that birds were part of a program seeking the production of antibodies against the avian flu pandemic.
The CFIA said that the farm “did not support their scientific research claims. The CFIA has received no evidence of scientific research carried out in the infected premises. »»
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“Research documentation was not provided when examining their request for the exemption from the elimination order based on single genetics or during the legal examination process,” the press release said.
“In addition, current physical installations of their location are not suitable for research activities or controlled tests.”
Earlier this month, a judge of the Federal Court rejected the farm’s offer for a judicial examination of the order of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to kill the herd last year after an avian flu epidemic on the farm.
The Prime Minister of British Columbia David Eby says that the province was frustrated by the actions of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, and although they include the need to contain avian flu, there is a lack of capacity to assess on a case-by-case basis.
“I hope that the federal government is very carefully examining the appropriate remuneration to make sure they go whole, and not that it can replace the massive loss they saw,” Eby said at the press conference on a separate event.
The decision of the Federal Court said that the family could be compensated for a maximum of $ 3,000 for each bird.
The farm made the headlines of international newspapers, receiving assistance offers from the American Health and Television Personality Manager, Dr. Mehmet Oz, who proposed to move the herd to the United States
But Katie Pasitney, whose parents have the farm, said they were not interested in moving the herd, although they are grateful for support.
Oz is the administrator of the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and is the second health official in the administration of President Donald Trump to try to prevent slaughter, after The Secretary of the United States of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr intervened last week.
Pasitney said that she had spoken with Oz on Monday, confirming a report to the New York Post the cantis saying that he had offered to move the nearly 400 ostriches to his ranch.
“It is not as if we plan to transport our ostriches anywhere, but I think the message is (on) the growing support through the United States,” she said.
“Even people like Dr. Oz want to be involved and (want) to see these animals live – even offer its 900 acres ranches in Florida.”
During the long weekend of Victoria, the supporters gathered on the farm to oppose the slaughter. In a video message published on Facebook, Pasitney’s mother, Karen, urged supporters to “come and” do not let them do this to these beautiful animals “.
The SCIA has not disclosed when or how the ostriches could be slaughtered.
– with Canadian press files