A Canadian farm's fight to save its ostriches went all the way to the country's supreme court, and even drew an intervention from RFK Jr., but was lost in the end.

Canada’s Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal on the proposed culling of a British Columbia ostrich herd, in a case that has attracted the attention of US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his “Make America Healthy Again” movement.

In his battle for Canadian citizenship, Alexander Vavilov got an opportunity denied to the owners of B.C.'s Universal Ostrich Farms — a chance to argue his case before Canada's top court. In the process,

Canada's top court has refused to hear an appeal to stop the cull of hundreds of ostriches at a farm in British Columbia, leaving the farmers with few legal options to prevent it.

The move brings to an end a nearly year-long legal saga that attracted attention from conservatives in the United States, including US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

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The CFIA said the farm owners failed to report the initial cases of illness and deaths when the herd was infected.

With the flock of several hundred ostriches on the British Columbia farm co-owned by her mother shot dead in a cull ordered by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Katie Pasitney said she is focused on creating change for other farmers.