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Federal government offers $1.2 million to B.C. farmer ordered to cull ostrich flock

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Universal Ostrich Farm in West Kootenays was ordered to cull 400 birds due to an avian flu outbreak.

Canadian Food Inspection Agency ordered to destroy all its flock by Feb. 1 after tests showed two birds had contracted the H5N1 virus.

This is the first case in Canada where ostriches have been ordered culled.

CFIA has the power to order a farmer to kill their animals under the Health of Animals Act .

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