"Ostrich Farm thoughts…
Have you heard about the large cull of the ostrich’s on the farm in BC by the CFIA? This is a local case for me do if you’ve heard about it I’d like to share the thoughts I shared locally that became my most shared rant…
Ok. My turn to give my thoughts on this ostrich stuff because to be frank, yall are irritating me now.
Let’s start with how birds are typically culled in Canada and the USA for a flu outbreak
CO2. A hole or valley or pen is built inside of the barn. Birds are pushed in. Barn is filled with CO2. This is a slow death. It’s not as easy and peaceful as one may think and it’s about 2 hours until they all die
Fire fighting foam. They fill the barn with foam and they drown them. Also not fast
They turn the heat up and fans off. This causes them to overheat and die
Now why did they have to shoot the ostrich’s and build a pen?
THE FARMERS HAD NO SHELTER! They had no barn. They left 300 African birds to fend for themselves in the Canadian winters. Not only is this illegal and breaks the terms of their quota licens with the CFIA, it’s inhumane. I wouldn’t even leave a single chicken outside. Good grief
So since they had no barn to use one of the other 3 methods I’ve never once heard anyone talk about, they had to use a gun and in my opinion. Way way more humane than the other 3 normal options.
A few other things…
These women had a quota for a meat farm. How do you think the CFIA knew they had a sick bird? Well because they were meat farmers. They quite literally had a license to kill and sell these animal for meat. And since they wanted to do it in such high numbers they had a large lot permit. If they didn’t plan to slaughter so many they’d of never had to report and all of this would have never happened. If my birds get the flu I don’t have to report. Why? I don’t keep unnatural numbers. It’s really quite simple
They stopped paying their landlord over a year ago and they don’t own their land. Shameful
The neighbouring farms can’t even operate over this. Because these women have lied, misled the public and not provided adequate quarantine space like a barn many other farmers have suffered because they can’t follow basic rules
Now. Do I think it sad they died? Sure. I think it’s sad these women didn’t just process their own animals and did this. They always planned to use them for meat. They didn’t really care if they lived.
I know for sure the flu does not spread in animals like this. But I also know once it killed my entire flock. And if they were my neighbors I’d be furious.
At the end of the day I cannot side with farmers who do not provide basic care for their animals. I also do not side with farmers who cannot provide quartaine space for birds when sick who hold a quota licence for 300+ ostriches! Blame the farmers. They caused this"
https://www.reddit.com/r/homestead/comments/1otejlb/ostrich_farm_thoughts/
