Oberster Gerichtshof von Kanada Zuschüsse zur Ausführung von BC -Straußen

No information on why the stay was granted. That’s annoying. I’d like to have gotten some perspective on the logic behind why the SCC felt there was good reason to pause the cull. If they take up the case, that’s an obvious reason, but why would they be thinking of taking up the case?

I can’t say that I agree with the conspiracy sphere’s hubbub about the ostriches. However there seems to be a doubling down on bureaucratic practice in the CFIA’s approach that strikes me as wasteful. It seems to be more about asserting their authority and unquestioningly following procedure, rather than about protecting the public’s safety; not that those to factors don’t often go hand-in-hand.

The ostriches were infected sometime around [December 2024](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-ostrich-farm-avian-flu-case-1.7630656) and this virus likely doesn’t last longer than 2 weeks in the ostriches themselves, given that [the virus is only excreted by waterfowl for 11 days following infection](https://inspection.canada.ca/en/animal-health/terrestrial-animals/diseases/reportable/avian-influenza/survival-time-avian-influenza-viruses).

> Avian influenza viruses can survive for months or even years in fresh water at low temperatures and have been documented surviving in manure and on feathers in low temperatures for about four to six months, the affidavit says.

So I’d buy the argument that the ostriches are probably immune and they probably aren’t shedding active virus and spreading it to wild birds, and most of the virus in the local environment is probably no longer active either.

This also isn’t a farm in the Fraser Valley / Greater Vancouver area, where there are literally [20 million chickens](https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/95-634-x/2021001/article/00001/catm-ctra-049-eng.htm) in close proximity. It’s Edgewood, BC, which is practically in the middle of nowhere.

I’m certainly missing pieces in understanding this. It would help if CBC and other news outlets reporting posted the court documents and scientific reports, rather than posting decontextualized snippets.

I don’t know we can have an effective outbreak prevention system if people can petition the courts to delay orders like this for a year. I don’t know about the merits of the case because the article was sparse, but I don’t think this is the avenue these decisions should be happening is it?