Supreme Court declines to hear appeal of ostrich cull

Canada’s highest court has rejected an attempt by farmers in Southeastern B.C. to stop a planned cull of more than 300 of their ostriches by the federal food regulator after a bird-flu outbreak on the site nearly a year ago.

The Supreme Court of Canada released a brief notice of rejection Thursday morning and, as is its practice, did not explain the reasoning behind why it refused to hear an appeal sought by Universal Ostrich Farms Inc. near Edgewood, B.C.