Just days after supporters gathered at Universal Ostrich Farms to help clean up the aftermath of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s controversial $7-million ostrich cull, the family says it is once again facing government overreach.
Despite the agency’s controversial destruction of the avian flu-recovered flock in November 2025, the family says it is still being prevented from effectively cleaning up the former kill-pen site. The scene of the cull left behind by the state includes large piles of hay, including some blood-soaked bales and ammunition that the family says can pose a combustion risk to the community.
“They left us with no income. They left us with no means to be able to do anything… We decided we can’t wait anymore, and we decided to take this on our own,” farm co-owner Karen Espersen told Rebel News when I interviewed her about this latest challenge.
Hellbound and Down 