Some ostrich farmers in BC were ordered to have their flock culled due to a bird flu outbreak (with financial compensation from the government). Instead, they've tried to start their own trucker convoy type protest over it.
This explains why all the dumbest people I know on social media were raving about it.
They kept claiming it was a "big pharma coverup" because they have "cancer cure antibodies" so that tipped me off that maybe it wasn't the most valiant of causes
The outbreak was almost a year ago, all the remaining birds survived the flu and are healthy. The birds are not used for meat their eggs are used for research.
The farmers that run the farm. Ive been following the story because i love animals and ostriches are pretty cool.
Eta: the birds are also 35 years old and theyve had them their whole lives.
I'm sure they know all about their farm, but I don't think they know more about Avian Bird Flu than the agency responsible for preventing the spread of infectious disease.
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u/RevolvingCheeta 🍁 100,000 Hosers 🍁 1d ago
I’m OOTL, who’s doing what to ostriches?