News Summary

• A long-stewing confrontation between the owners of a small ostrich farm in British Columbia and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has come to an ignominious end.
• The impetus for the months-long standoff was a sweeping kill order for every ostrich on the farm after government agents received a “tip” from an “anonymous source,” used that as the pretext to get onto the property.
• The authorities announced on November 6, after the Supreme Court declined to hear the appeal, that it would be moving forward with “complete depopulation and disposal measures.”