Canada killed this family's ostriches. One year later, they fight back.

Canada killed this family’s ostriches. One year later, they fight back.


“I do not watch it. I do not look at it,” says Katie Pasitney, spokeswoman for Universal Ostrich Farms, referring to video footage of Canadian government agents killing more than 300 ostriches at the farm one year ago.

The footage is painful enough. But Pasitney says the harassment she has endured since the killing has taken its own toll.

‘Remember how beautiful our birds were today. Remember their names. They had character. They had personality.’

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“My home address was leaked. My layout of my home was leaked. I’ve had people outside of my home, and when I went to the police, nothing was done. So the trauma is so real, and the pain will never go away.”

Grim anniversary

It was a year ago, on November 6, 2025, when the

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