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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kelly Rissman

Hundreds of doomed ostriches find unlikely ally in RFK Jr

  • The Canadian government ordered the culling of 400 ostriches at Universal Ostrich Farms in British Columbia after they were exposed to bird flu.
  • U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has intervened, urging Canada not to cull the birds but to study them for scientific knowledge.
  • A legal battle is underway, with a federal appeals court pausing the cull order to review arguments from the farm owners who want to keep the ostriches alive for research.
  • RFK Jr., supported by Mehmet Oz and John Catsimatidis, has written to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to press for a change in the culling policy.
  • The Canadian Food Inspection Agency maintains that its 'stamping-out' policy is necessary to prevent the spread and mutation of the avian flu virus, despite arguments from the farm owners that the policy is overly strict.

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