Ostrich farmer who gained international attention fighting cull may open farm on Vancouver Island

An ostrich at the farm in Edgewood, BC before the cull. An ostrich owner who made international headlines fighting a government-ordered cull at his farm in Edgewood, B.C. may be opening an ostrich farm on Vancouver Island.

Ostrich farmer who gained international attention fighting cull may open farm on Vancouver Island. An ostrich at the farm in Edgewood, BC before the cull. An ostrich owner who made international headlines fighting a government-ordered cull at his farm in Edgewood, B.C. may be opening an ostrich farm on Vancouver Island. Dave Belinski says he’s still trying to decide where he would keep his more than 60 ostriches. Arzeena Hamir doesn’t own any birds but as a former green party candidate and fellow farmer she’s been hearing from poultry farmers in the Comox Valley who are quite worried about the potential new Ostrich farm. “Just based on previous behaviour, knowing that when that farm was found to have avian influenza the birds were not brought indoors. There was no kind of biosecurity put in place and there is a huge risk of avian influenz...