Subhead:Tension escalates at Edgewood farm as police bar entry and emotional scenes unfold.#
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Update from the scene: More reports of gunshots
BREAKING OSTRICH FARM NEWS:
The gunshots have started up again after around 2hrs of not hearing them anymore.
At the moment, the farmers can no longer stand to hear the sounds and have retreated to indoors.
More: https://t.co/ziF2wnLm2P pic.twitter.com/6pJILK6JJW— Drea Humphrey (@DreaHumphrey) November 7, 2025
In a dramatic escalation of the ongoing battle over Universal Ostrich Farms in Edgewood, British Columbia, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) is blocking the farm’s entrance, refusing to allow supporters to enter the property.
I was told that the RCMP is blocking the entrance to the farm, refusing to allow supporters to enter.
BREAKING OSTRICH FARM NEWS:
I’ve been told the RCMP is blocking the entrance to the farm, refusing to allow supporters to enter.
https://t.co/ydnDAkNQzR— Drea Humphrey (@DreaHumphrey) November 7, 2025
Shots rang out from the ostrich pen late Thursday, sparking fears that the cull had began. I reported live from the scene as tears cried out from supporters locked outside and as gunfire echoed.
Breaking ostrich harm news:
Shooting sounds are occurring in the ostrich pen.
— Drea Humphrey (@DreaHumphrey) November 7, 2025
You can clearly hear the sound of gunfire coming from the direction of the kill pen.
You can hear the government agents shooting inside their RCMP protected kill pen https://t.co/1Ojnbi06dZ pic.twitter.com/k4RBWfF7l6
— Efrain Flores Monsanto 🇨🇦🚛 (@efloresmonsanto) November 7, 2025
The move comes as the farm’s owners were awaiting a Supreme Court decision on their appeal against the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), which has seized the site since 22 September and demands the mass cull of hundreds of healthy ostriches over disputed bird flu concerns.
“They’re killing my babies,” Universal Ostrich Farm Owner, Karen Espersen reacts as the RCMP kill the farm lights as the CFIA begin their execution of their healthy farm animals. In the darkness, shots are heard from the area where the ‘kill pen’ resides. @DreaHumphrey https://t.co/1Ojnbi0E3x pic.twitter.com/G1RAwcwMAd
— Efrain Flores Monsanto 🇨🇦🚛 (@efloresmonsanto) November 7, 2025
