The Canadian government has ordered to break 400 ostriches after they were affected by bird flu, but the US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants to save the regiment.
Universal ostrich farms have been ordered to destroy non -flying birds in British Colombia after the bird flu was discovered in December last year, the CBC said. A month later, 69 birds died.
There was a court battle where farm owners say ostriches should be considered alive to investigate possible treatment. Although the court rejected the original argument, last month the Federal Court of Appeal paused the order when reviewing the matter; The court heard the arguments this week.
Legal challenges, birds found an unlikely ally south: RFK Jr.
“The secretary urged the Canada not to kill the ostriches, but to perform further tests to better understand the virus,” a US Department of Health and Human Services said.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Want to save 400 Canadian ostriches from kidnapping (Reuters)
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Want to save 400 Canadian ostriches from kidnapping (Reuters)
In May, the Health Secretary wrote a letter to the President of the Canadian Food Checking Agency, calling on the agency not to survive plans to abolish the flock and instead try bird antibodies: “We believe that important scientific knowledge may have been acquired by following ostriches in a universal ostrico farm.”
According to the agency, slaughter was ordered as part of the so -called “stamp” policy used to mitigate the risk of a virus spreading to humans or animals.
A video screen capturing two ostriches resting on a universal ostrich farm where the Canadian government ordered 400 birds to stop due to the bird’s influenza exposure
A video screen capturing two ostriches resting on a universal ostrich farm where the Canadian government ordered 400 birds to stop due to the bird’s influenza exposure
“The flocks of poultry are allowed [bird flu] Stay alive means a potential source of the virus. This increases the risk of re -setting or mutation of the virus, especially when birds raised in an open pasture, where wildlife is constantly operating, ”the agency explained in May in Lieda after the Federal Court dismissed farm owners’ applications for judicial review.
This week Kennedy – along with Medicare & Medicaid service administrator Mehmet Oz and billionaire John Catsimatidi – sent letters to Prime Minister Mark Carney demanding his government to change their policy, Politico said.
According to a farm owner (Katie Pastney), hundreds of birds remain without symptoms after 69 birds died after bird’s flu, when the bird’s flu was affected
According to a farm owner (Katie Pastney), hundreds of birds remain without symptoms after 69 birds died after bird’s flu, when the bird’s flu was affected
According to the CBC, Katie Pasney, whose parents have a farm, thanked the trio for their efforts, saying on Tuesday, “I think we will only see where it goes from here because we know that Doctor Oz and RFK are very passionate, just like John Catsimatidis.”
Umar Sheikh, a lawyer for farms in court on Tuesday, said that government policy was too strict, noting that hundreds of ostriches still have no bird flu symptoms. He said that only two birds were positive for the virus until they were ordered for sculpting.
“We would ask questions, such as why 100 percent destruction, based on 0.5 % approved infection?” According to the CBC, Sheikh asked the court.
Aileen Jones, an agency’s lawyer, said the court had already found that “stamping policy is justified,” The Outlet said.