Canadian officials killed over 300 ostriches, a full year after they recovered from the avian flu they had suffered from. Out of pure bureaucratic spite. And the media did its best to cover it up.Punching Upwards, Episode 10 for 16 November 2025Topic: Science / H5N1CreditsThanks to Michael Mullan-Jensen and Fadi Mansour for subscribing to the podcast on Substack and supporting it financially! Additional thanks to Sir Galteran who continues to provide hefty financial backing via Fountain.fm! Sources* Shooting at B.C. ostrich farm as cull gets underway, The Canadian Press, 6 November 2025* Denmark to cull 17 million mink over COVID-19 mutation fears, ABC News, 6 November 2020* Orwell Watch: The Great Canadian “Ostrich Cull”, Racket News, 10 November 2025* B.C. ostrich cull started a ‘new kind of war’ after birds gunned down, family says, Global News, 10 November 2025* Gunshots end months-long Canadian ostrich cull saga that captivated RFK Jr, The BBC, 7 November 2025* The global H5N1 influenza panzootic in mammals, Peacock et al., Nature, 2024* Finding the real case-fatality rate of H5N1 avian influenza, Li et al., Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 2008 (Sci-Hub mirror)* Evolution of Influenza A Virus by Mutation and Re-Assortment, Shao et al., International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2017* The ecology and adaptive evolution of influenza A interspecies transmission, Joseph et al., Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses, 2016The theme music for the podcast is a track called Fight or Fall by Def Lev. Find out more about the show at fab.industries/podcast — new media, new rules! Get full access to Punching Upwards at punchingupwards.substack.com/subscribe