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Kennedy Fights to Save 400 Ostriches from Culling

7/18/2025

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Kennedy Advocates Ostriches

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is passionately advocating for the lives of 400 ostriches threatened by bird flu in Canada, arguing their potential to contribute to vital scientific research. As a legal battle unfolds over their fate at Universal Ostrich Farms, concerns mount that culling the birds could unleash a wider pandemic.

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Kennedy Advocates Ostriches

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is passionately advocating for the lives of 400 ostriches threatened by bird flu in Canada, arguing their potential to contribute to vital scientific research. As a legal battle unfolds over their fate at Universal Ostrich Farms, concerns mount that culling the birds could unleash a wider pandemic.

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