Three hundred ostriches had been shot useless by a firing squad in Canada late Thursday — ending a months-long standoff that drew in US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and New York billionaire John Catsimatidis, who had begged officers to spare the birds.

The mass killing unfolded at Universal Ostrich Farms in Edgewood, British Columbia, hours after the Supreme Court of Canada refused to dam a federal order to cull the flock following an avian flu outbreak, CBC reported.

Three hundred ostriches had been shot useless by a firing squad in Canada late Thursday. Katie Pasitney/Universal Ostrich Farms

The mass killing unfolded at Universal Ostrich Farms in Edgewood, British Columbia, hours after the Supreme Court…



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