3 days ago - Speaking for the first time since more than 300 ostriches were culled at the Universal Ostrich Farm in Edgewood, B.C., spokesperson Katie Pasitney said they are devastated by what happened.

June 9, 2025 - Universal Ostrich Farms in BC is fighting to save 400 healthy ostriches from a CFIA-mandated cull. We are in urgent need of support. Learn more

September 25, 2025 - Ostriches facing cull at Canada farm find unexpected allies · Katie Pastiney, one of the owners of Universal Ostrich Farms in Edgewood, British Columbia, said in a Facebook post on Tuesday that she and her mother Karen Espersen were arrested while trying to feed the ostriches.

2 weeks ago - Ongoing disease management efforts ... following this case. This morning, the Supreme Court of Canada has issued a decision related to the Universal Ostrich Farm, dismissing the motion …...

1 week ago - On Thursday evening, gunshots rang out from the hay bale enclosure where the birds were corralled. Katie Pasitney, whose family owns the farm, told the BBC on Friday morning that the ostriches were killed overnight.

September 25, 2025 - Universal Ostrich Farms, near the town of Edgewood, was ordered in May to cull more than 400 birds, amid fears of an outbreak of H5N1 avian flu, and earlier this week officials seized control of the business.

3 days ago - A statement from the agency says ... Ostrich Farms near Edgewood, B.C., remains under quarantine and permission is required to enter areas that are subject to biocontainment measures....

1 week ago - A conflict over the fate of hundreds of ostriches at a remote farm in British Columbia came to a head today, after the country's top court declined to hear an appeal to save the flock. Crews from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) in hazmat suits started trying to round up the birds in Edgewood, B.C., as supporters watched through tears. The agency has been trying to euthanize the flock since avian flu was detected on the farm last winter. Universal Ostrich Farms Inc.

October 1, 2025 - RCMP say one person associated with a protest camp at Universal Ostrich Farms in Edgewood, B.C., was arrested and released following an alleged arson and assault at a neighbouring property, with a promise not to return to the area.

3 days ago - Tarpaulins cover objects on the ground inside a holding pen at Universal Ostrich Farms near Edgewood, B.C., on Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. The pen had been filled with live ostriches a day earlier, before shooting broke out overnight, as the Canadian ...

October 7, 2025 - Court documents include emails from 2023 between Goranson and Universal in which Bilinski and Espersen claim to "have some really good things going on for the business that will make 2023 a game changer for the farm." "As you know Covid-19 hit us very hard but we have survived and the future looks very bright for the ostrich industry," the farm's owners wrote.

June 21, 2025 - Universal Ostrich Farms in BC is fighting to save 400 healthy ostriches from a CFIA-mandated cull. We are in urgent need of support. Learn more

On September 3, 2025, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) applied for and was granted a Warrant to Search the Universal Ostrich Farm property located in Edgewood, BC. Due to the ongoing protest activity at the farm and increased tensions ...

September 29, 2025 - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) plans to euthanize more than 300 ostriches after members of the flock tested positive for the disease in December, at Universal Ostrich Farms in Edgewood, B.C.

2 days ago - They’d also welcomed tourists to the property, bused in through the Monashee Mountains on a farm safari. But in mid-December of last year, the flock at Universal Ostrich Farms was overtaken by disease.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency continues to grapple with fallout from the Universal Ostrich Farm case after completing the controversial court-sanctioned cull.

October 3, 2025 - The fate of about 400 ostriches on a B.C. farm has become a hot political issue on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border. Billionaire U.S. philanthropist and animal rights advocate John Catsimatidis and Katie Pasitney, daughter of the co-owner and spokesperson for the Universal Ostrich Farm, held a press conference on Thursday afternoon to once again ask for the birds to be re-tested for avian flu.

17 hours ago - On November 6, 2025, the Supreme Court of Canada rejected the Farm's appeal, and the CFIA completed the culling of the ostriches. The Universal Ostrich Farm, located in Edgewood, British Columbia, is operated by owners Dave Bilinski and Karen Espersen and maintained a flock of between 300 and ...

Karen Espersen, co-owner of Universal Ostrich Farms, embraces her daughter, Katie Pasitney, after the Supreme Court dismissed the farm’s appeal to stay an order to cull its ostriches.Aaron Hemens/The Canadian Press via AP