Canada’s “ostrich standoff” shows how rigid policy can clash with science and common sense. Over 400 ostriches in Edgewood, B.C., survived months after H5N1 first hit, yet the CFIA still moves to cull them under its stamping-out rule. Courts briefly cleared the cull, but the Supreme Court has paused it amid public outcry, arrests, and even a hay-bale fire. Farmers urge re-testing and surveillance instead of mass killing, arguing survivorship offers valuable data and a chance to rethink old playbooks.
FARMERS ARRESTED Hauled off in a “Paddy Wagon” for feeding their animals.
