US EditionCFIA official tells of threats and harassment that dogged ostrich cull operation
CFIA staff faced intense harassment including threats of physical and sexual violence during the cull of 314 ostriches under H5N1 outbreak control policies, officials said.
- On Nov. 6, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency carried out a cull at Universal Ostrich Farms, with marksmen killing 314 ostriches on a cold, rainy night.
- The CFIA said it applied an internationally recognized stamping-out policy to control H5N1 avian influenza, consulting international ostrich experts who deemed shooting the most feasible humane option, while officials warned the farm's legal challenges increased infection risks.
- CFIA staff faced escalating harassment and threats, including in-person violence and sexual assault threats that displaced a worker and their family, while vandalism at the Calgary CFIA office prompted RCMP presence at the farm.
- Government figures released in Parliament show the cull cost more than $6.8 million, including about $1.6 million in CFIA costs, $1.4 million in legal expenses, and over $3.8 million in RCMP costs.
- The farm's supporters questioned testing decisions and called the cull `inhumane`, while the courts repeatedly upheld CFIA's authority after original testing confirmed a `particularly virulent` H5N1 avian influenza.
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CFIA official recalls threats and harassment that dogged ostrich cull operation
As Canadian Food Inspection Agency workers prepared for a cull of hundreds of ostriches at a British Columbia farm, they came under a variety of harassment from opponents of the operation, said a senior official with the agency.
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CFIA official tells of threats and harassment that dogged ostrich cull operation
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CFIA official tells of threats and harassment that dogged ostrich cull operation – Energeticcity.ca
As Canadian Food Inspection Agency workers prepared for a cull of hundreds of ostriches at a British Columbia farm, they came under a variety of harassment from opponents of the operation, said a senior official with the agency. They peaked with the “extreme” example of a CFIA worker and their family facing “in-person threats” of “physical violence and sexual assault,” forcing the agency to relocate the couple and their children, the official sa…
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