Two people arrested at B.C. Ostrich farm facing cull over avian fluBy Canadian Press on September 23, 2025. Share this story:Two people have been arrested at the British Columbia farm where the Canadian Food Inspection Agency is expected to begin culling ostriches after some of the flock was infected with avian flu. RCMP moved into the ostrich enclosure where Katie Pasitney and her mother, Karen Esperson, stayed overnight. Clark says the two were arrested under the Health of Animals Act but no charges have yet been laid.