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 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 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 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.

The Supreme Court of Canada says it will not hear a final appeal to stop a cull at a B.C. ostrich farm after an outbreak of avian flu last year. Supporters of Universal Ostrich Farms say news that the cull will go ahead a painful moment in history.