Save Our Ostriches: A Farmer’s Plea to the CFIA

(Universal Ostrich Farm speaks out against mistreatment and government overreach)

Hi everyone, it’s Katie from Universal Ostrich Farm.

We’re under an interim stay order, which means our animals are not supposed to be herded, touched, or moved. The CFIA is only supposed to care for them the same way we would—with food, water, shelter, and compassion.

But that’s not happening. These animals need bedding, food, and water. We would never push them into back pens that have no shelter and no water. Yet, that’s exactly what’s being done.

Right now, they’re tying up fences and locking the ostriches into a small pen. I’m hoping they’re at least feeding them elsewhere, because they need it. CFIA, please remember—these birds require 26 five-gallon buckets of feed. In the cold weather, they need even more grain and alfalfa, which makes up more than half their diet.

These animals are not to be neglected. They need their hay, their food, and proper care.

The ostriches are looking thinner now that the weather’s turning cold. We’ve been asking CFIA to bring some feed buckets to the front pens, but they haven’t. Each bird has a pecking order and territory. They won’t eat where they don’t feel safe.

We’ve been working with the police liaison team—Ben has been bringing these concerns forward, and my mom is writing an email to CFIA right now.

Look at these poor babies. They’re scared and confused. They don’t understand these people in white suits. They miss the human touch, the voices calling their names. They’ve been through so much trauma—pushed, herded, and starved.

Nothing is normal anymore. These animals are family.

We’re not giving up. We’re going to win this—because there is a way forward. The CFIA doesn’t have to look like monsters. We could sit down like adults, at a round table, and find real solutions—for Canadians, and for everyone around the world who has poured their hearts into protecting these animals.

Hello babies… good morning.

They’ve been acting more sluggish lately—dopey and tired. We’re worried something could be in their feed, making them more docile. We don’t know, but it’s strange.

Right now, it looks like they’re preparing to push them out the blue gate, behind the white tarp barn. That’s how they’ve been removing them—one at a time.

Let’s be clear: under an interim stay order, CFIA is only supposed to maintain the animals’ health exactly as we would. They have no right to move them, traumatize them, or withhold feed and hay. Everything is supposed to stay the same—same pens, same buckets, same care.

We’ve been documenting everything. We told them to go by the CFIA’s own numbers—between 300 and 330 ostriches. If that number changes, something is wrong.

We’ve spoken to the police, but where do you go when you can’t call 911, and even the SPCA can’t intervene because it’s a government agency? When a Crown corporation like CFIA has this much power and no oversight, who do you call?

Even MP Scott Reid has been trying to open communication lines and can’t get answers. This has never happened before—doors being shut everywhere we turn.

We’re fighting for a better way. The solution is simple:
➡️ Remove ostriches from “poultry” classification.
We are not a commercial poultry farm. We should not be treated like one.

We could collaborate with CFIA on therapeutic, research-based care, instead of destruction.

They say they’re investigating—but nothing ever comes of it. Remember the ostriches that were shot? We were told to save their necks for evidence. They’ve never even examined them.

Now there’s a drone flying overhead, scaring the birds again.

There’s been no accountability—just empty promises and wasted investigations.

We’re giving new footage and reports to CFIA and the Agriculture Minister, Heath MacDonald, demanding answers. When an agency operates with unchecked power, trust is lost.

CFIA needs an overhaul. There should be separate divisions—for cattle, small farms, poultry, etc. Not one agency controlling it all.

If they can’t fix it, then the agency needs to be rebuilt from the ground up—new leadership, new structure, new vision.

I want to thank everyone across Canada and around the world for your support and prayers. It’s been ten long months of misinformation and lies, but we’re still here—fighting for the ostriches, fighting for truth.

These birds are living, breathing souls. They deserve to live.

If you want to help, visit:
🌐 SaveOurOstriches.com
📧 [email protected]

We’ll keep updating you throughout the day.

These beautiful birds do not deserve this. The psychological warfare our family has endured—along with the hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars wasted here—is beyond comprehension.

We have far better places to spend our resources.

Let the police go home to protect their own communities, instead of guarding bureaucrats from farmers who just want to save their animals.

We’re going to keep fighting for:
• Property rights
• Animal rights
• The right for every creature to live another day

No more killing based on suspicion.
No more seizing property or animals without cause.
No more one-size-fits-all destruction.

We’re fighting for discovery over destruction, and for science—not speculation.

CFIA needs accountability, oversight, and transparency.

So today, and every day, our message is simple:
💚 Save the ostriches.
💚 Save small farms.
💚 Save truth and compassion in Canada.

God bless you all. Thank you for standing with us.