Subhead:Ostrich farm neighbours initiate lawsuit against the RCMP and CFIA, alleging authorities occupied their property for weeks, restricted access and damaged land during controversial ostrich cull.# YouTube-embed:CVfUSoYs72Y Neighbours who are also family, living next to Universal Ostrich Farms in Edgewood, B.C., have launched a civil lawsuit against the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and the RCMP. According to a Notice of Civil Claim filed in B.C. Supreme Court, plaintiffs Alyson Turnbull, Trevor Klug and Margaret Greba allege federal authorities wrongfully included their land in enforcement actions tied to CFIA’s operation to mass cull avian flu recovered ostriches at Greba’s sister, Karen Espersen’s neighbouring farm. Ally Turnbull, neighbor and niece of the ostrich farm owner, signals the CFIA and their hired guns, after the state seized her family’s land too, destroyed their crop, and slaughtered the ostriches she loved growing up next to. pic.twitter.com/DkRFPHbEFh — Drea Humphrey (@DreaHumphrey) November 8, 2025 The claim states that RCMP and CFIA officers arrived when they were absent, and served Espersen with warrants that included the Plaintiffs’ property creating the illusion without evidence that the Property is an ostrich farm, even though the plaintiffs say they were not involved in the farm’s operations or the activities cited in the warrant. The lawsuit further alleges that the defendants failed to provide a factual basis for the warrants and continued to occupy the land despite demands to vacate. A case officer reportedly acknowledged the warrant authorized entry but not occupation, with the claim stating the agencies nevertheless maintained a continuous presence.