The unethical Ostrich cull by the unethical government

I haven't written about the BC Ostrich farm cull because it was getting a lot of coverage in the news. The fact that it went forward based on a lie was shameful but what's even more disturbing is the completely unethical manner in which the cull was executed. This is the first of three posts with a common thread. The government did something unethical and the government lied about it. 

Before we look at the reason for the cull let's look and how it was carried out. When cows are slaughtered for their meat, they don't see the other cows being killed. That would create a frenzy and trauma. They would be filled with fear and the meat would be full of adrenaline and change the taste. 

Kosher or Halal meat is killed instantly. Let's take a look at how they did the ostrich cull. They did it at night. Wrong. They didn't separate them they huddled them into a pen and spent hours shooting them in the dark. Now let's pause there. Animal activists talk about animal rights and cruelty to animals. 

A lot of people have pets and everyone knows pets each have their own personality. "The age span of ostriches is 30 to 40 years in the wild, but they can live much longer in captivity, with some reaching 70 years." During that life span they develop a bond with their siblings and their flock. Witnessing the prolonged slaughter of that flock creates fear and trauma.  

Hunters talk about ethical kills. They debate whether or not shooting a deer with a .223 is an ethical kill. The reason is, a slow and painful death is unethical. Whether or not shooting a deer with a .223 is ethical would depend on the distance and the location of the shot. Head or heart, yes it would be ethical. Leg or body, no, it would not. 

Ostriches have a very small head compared to the rest of their body. It would be very difficult to shoot one in the head from a distance at night. It would also be very difficult to hit the heart from a distance at night. That's exactly what happened. 

Shots were heard going on for hours. Then they took a break and continued later on because they weren't all dead. That was unethical. There's no disputing that. They messed up. So the first thing we need to recognize is that our government did something unethical in the name of the greater good. Then they lied about it and used fake science to justify it. 

As Dr. Byram Bridle pointed out, they had heard immunity and did not need to be culled. Google AI and the fake news dispute that but let's look at the obvious. Did they have symptoms? No they did not. Remember when the fake News lied to us during Covid and kept going on about Asymptomatic cases? 

Accredited virologist from the UK, Dr Alan Mordue, said you need two things for a case to be a case. You need symptoms and a positive test result. One without the other is not a case. The fake news lied. There's no such thing as asymptomatic cases. Asymptomatic means healthy. The ostriches had no symptoms and had herd immunity. The government lied and the fake news pushed that lie. That ties in with the next two posts.