Ostriches Left Dehydrated: CFIA Ignoring Animal Welfare Orders at Canadian Farm

Transcript: Ostrich (CFIA Farm Footage)

Speaker(s): Multiple voices, distressed tone — background noise present

What is going on? They haven’t given her any f***ing water!
Yeah, they say she’s got water in front of her, but she’s dehydrated — look at her!
She needs tubing — she needs fluids now!

There’s water in front of her, but she’s not drinking. She’s already dehydrated.
We need a vet from Vancouver to do it properly.
They don’t want our vet because we added an electrolyte powder — they’re saying only their vet can do that.

Fine — then get their fing vet* to put electrolytes in right now.
We’ve got to go back to the portal and request it officially.
Let’s get a vet! We have a vet. We have a vet!

They’re not watering the birds properly.
We go in there every single day and give them water — half a dozen birds are always drinking like they haven’t had any.
You can see how dehydrated they are.

Pay attention — keep the cameras rolling.
Somebody just took off; keep your eyes on the gate area.
Don’t get loud, don’t get caught — just record.

I saw someone take something away — this is where we’ve got to keep it down.
That disinfectant station? It was left open.
I asked them how they’re checking temperatures — they didn’t even answer.
We’re supposed to have certified protocols ready to go, but they’re ignoring all that.

Half a dozen birds are drinking from one tub — that’s all they have!
They’re thirsty, not just pecking.
We need to add electrolytes into that water ASAP.

Okay, go back on the computer — on the CFIA portal — and file it again.
They said our regular vet in Vancouver could email-transfer the authorization, so do that.

And don’t let them sneak the birds out on the highway.
Keep cameras on the access road — we need eyes watching what goes in and out of that property.
Record everything. Don’t stop filming.