Why hundreds of B.C. ostriches were ordered to be culled | Hanomansing Tonight

Angela Rasmussen, a virologist at the University of Saskatchewan, says the decision to cull 400 ostriches at a southern B.C. farm is 'the best way to reduce transmission' to humans and other animals. This comes after Universal Ostrich Farms lost its case to save the birds from a cull order issued by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

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