These birds were calm, healthy animals that were never tested. Instead of being treated humanely, they were killed in a way that was chaotic, cruel, and deeply disturbing. I have been unable to stop thinking about their suffering. I am shaken, angry, and disgusted. Every new detail raises more questions about how this was handled. We need an independent investigation to uncover what actually happened.
It was a sad day to lose the fight to save the ostrich. But what happened next was out of a horror film. I have PTSD and will never be the same. These innocent ostrich were brutally shot at for hours in terror. They were panicked running into walls of hay and each other. The Tom's, which are males would try to protect the smaller. The wounded lay all night in pain , trapped, till morning when they were repeatedly shot again or beheaded. This was not a humane cull, far from it. This was sadistic. I will never forget how these ostrich suffered at the hand of our own Canadian government. I want justice.
The culling of these animals was inhumane, cruel, evil and the worst animal abuse I have ever seen in my 64 years. The people who did this should be criminally charged. Canada should be ashamed.
As I reflect on Remembrance Day on the pure evil that once was in 1939-1945, it is scary what is happening in the world w far right & far left rhetoric & movements It will affect us all in TO Ontario Canada & abroad I know my husband & I upon visiting the Nova music fest installation, could never forget the horrid images heinous acts & what was done to women This was another Holocaust We have homegrown terrorism even in Toronto w plots that have been foiled My husband & I supported Israel’s right to defend itself We denounce the terrorism of Hamas & others I feel the world has not learned & I lose faith in humanity Having had a father-in-law who was a war veteran I know all too well the horrors of those who seek to destroy dehumanize & who don’t care about young people As long as governments ignore crises or use their own agenda to sow more division & less unity in Canada & cities a bleak world more so is created for our kids & grandkids Stop inviting more terrorism into Ca nada now! Canada must show respect to all communities but not invite terror Learn from history!
As a long standing Toronto resident, I’m shocked and disheartened that the flagpole outside city hall will be used to fly the flag of another country. Given what the Palestinian flag has come to represent over the months since October 7, 2023, it is simply nonsense to say this decision is different from supporting any cause. When the raising of this flag makes a large portion of Toronto community members feel physically and psychologically unsafe, it is time to rethink the plan.