The arrival of men in hazmat suits spelled the end for more than 300 ostriches in British Columbia, whose fate was the subject of a months-long legal battle in Canada that attracted an unlikely cast of supporters,

The birds, exposed to the avian flu, were killed after Canada’s Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal and a rescue effort by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fell short.

The move brings to an end a nearly year-long legal saga that attracted attention from conservatives in the United States, including US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

The anti-vaccine, anti-government crusade to save "the miracle cure birds" is over — and the fringe activists lost.

Despite efforts by RFK Jr. and Dr. Oz, Canada's government will cull more than 300 ostriches at a farm where some birds were infected with avian flu, after a Supreme Court ruling.

Canada’s Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal on the proposed culling of a British Columbia ostrich herd, in a case that has attracted the attention of US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his “Make America Healthy Again” movement.

Canada's top court has refused to hear an appeal to stop the cull of hundreds of ostriches at a farm in British Columbia, leaving the farmers with few legal options to prevent it.

Canada's government prepared to kill more than 300 ostriches at a farm in British Columbia, where some birds were infected with avian flu, after the country's highest court on Thursday declined to hear arguments to spare the birds.