OTTAWA — The fate of nearly 400 Canadian ostriches, which Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is trying to save, now rests with federal justices in Ottawa.
As the controversial case makes its way through court, members of U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration, right-wing influencers and a Republican megadonor are urging the Liberal government to spare the ostriches that were exposed to bird flu.
“The Secretary has urged Canada not to kill the ostriches but to do further testing to try to better understand the virus,” a spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services told POLITICO.
MAGA supporters and Canada’s “Freedom Convoy” — which blockaded Ottawa for weeks over Covid-19 measures — have coalesced around the cause, which they say is an example of government overreach, an erosion of institutional trust and outdated policies.
