PU 10: The Great Canadian Ostrich Massacre
Canadian officials killed over 300 ostriches, a full year after they recovered from the avian flu they had suffered from. Out of pure bureaucratic spite. And the media did its best to cover it up.
Series - Punching Upwards
Dozens of dead animals at Universal Ostrich Farm in Edgewood, British Columbia (Dacey Media)
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Spread of H5N1 avian flu across the globe from 1996 to 2024 (Peacock et al.)
Credits
Thanks to Michael Mullan-Jensen and Fadi Mansour for subscribing to the podcast on Substack and supporting it financially! Additional thanks to Sir Galteran who continues to provide hefty financial backing via Fountain.fm!
Sources
- Shooting at B.C. ostrich farm as cull gets underway, The Canadian Press, 6 November 2025
- Denmark to cull 17 million mink over COVID-19 mutation fears, ABC News, 6 November 2020
- Orwell Watch: The Great Canadian “Ostrich Cull”, Racket News, 10 November 2025
- B.C. ostrich cull started a ‘new kind of war’ after birds gunned down, family says, Global News, 10 November 2025
- Gunshots end months-long Canadian ostrich cull saga that captivated RFK Jr, The BBC, 7 November 2025
- The global H5N1 influenza panzootic in mammals, Peacock et al., Nature, 2024
- Finding the real case-fatality rate of H5N1 avian influenza, Li et al., Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 2008 (Sci-Hub mirror)
- Evolution of Influenza A Virus by Mutation and Re-Assortment, Shao et al., International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2017
- The ecology and adaptive evolution of influenza A interspecies transmission, Joseph et al., Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses, 2016
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