Government Overreach

The Connection They Don't Want You to See: COVID Labs and the Ostrich Massacre

A flock of ostriches survives a deadly H5N1 outbreak. The birds are healthy because have developed natural antibodies that could help humanity fight future pandemics. The farm owners beg to study them. Government says no—and sends armed men to kill them all in the night.

Avery Lane

13 Nov 2025 • 9 min read

Photo by Carlos Torres / Unsplash

When government destroys the solution to a problem government created, pay attention.

Two Stories That Don't Make Sense—Until You Connect Them

Story One: Governments fund risky laboratory research on dangerous viruses. When a pandemic escapes (or emerges), those same governments seize unprecedented emergency powers, lock down entire populations, mandate experimental treatments, and crush anyone who questions the official narrative.

Story Two: A flock of ostriches survives a deadly H5N1 outbreak. The birds appear healthy. They may have developed natural antibodies that could help humanity fight future pandemics. The farm owners beg to study them. Government says no—and sends armed men to kill them all in the night.

Separately, these stories are troubling.

Together, they reveal something far darker.

What Really Happened: The Timeline

2020-2024: The COVID Pattern

Governments worldwide, including Canada, funded gain-of-function research on coronaviruses—making them more transmissible, more deadly, more dangerous. The stated purpose? To "prepare for future pandemics."

In 2024, NIH Deputy Director Dr. Lawrence Tabak admitted in congressional testimony that the NIH funded gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology through a grant to EcoHealth Alliance—directly contradicting previous denials. The research involved creating modified bat coronaviruses that made laboratory mice "sicker" than those infected with unmodified viruses.

When COVID-19 emerged (likely from one of these labs), governments used it to justify:

Unprecedented lockdowns
Forced business closures
Mandated medical treatments
Frozen bank accounts for protesters
Criminalization of dissent
Emergency powers that never ended

Anyone who mentioned natural immunity was censored, deplatformed, or called a conspiracy theorist. The only acceptable solution was government-approved vaccines and pharmaceutical interventions.

The message was clear: Trust government science. Ignore natural alternatives. Comply or be punished.

December 2024: The Ostrich Outbreak

At Universal Ostrich Farm in Edgewater, BC, an H5N1 avian influenza outbreak killed about 70 birds—roughly 15% of the flock.

The other 330 birds survived. For nearly a year, they showed no symptoms. They appeared healthy.

The farm owners believed these survivors had developed natural immunity—potentially valuable antibodies that could help fight future H5N1 outbreaks in both animals and humans.

The farm's plea to save the ostriches from culling was heard by Trump administration officials like Kennedy. After meeting with Canadian officials in May 2025, Kennedy wrote a letter to the CFIA asking it to "consider not culling the entire flock of ostriches," noting that the animals could be used to study "antibody levels and cellular immunity" to develop cures for disease. "We believe there is significant value in studying this population," Kennedy wrote.

Refused all testing
Threatened the owners with $250,000 fines and prison if they tried
Rejected Kennedy's request and Dr. Oz's offer to relocate the birds for study
Ignored requests from international health officials
Ordered the entire flock killed
Sent armed RCMP and young contractors to shoot them all

On November 6-7, 2025, 330 healthy ostriches who could have contributed to pandemic research were massacred in the dark.

The Pattern You're Not Supposed to Notice

Let's lay this out clearly:

Step 1: Governments fund dangerous virus research that can create pandemics

Step 2: A pandemic happens (COVID-19)

Step 3: Governments seize emergency powers and crush dissent, claiming it's for "public safety"

Step 4: Anyone promoting natural immunity is silenced

Step 5: Nature provides a real-world example of natural immunity in action (the ostriches)

Step 6: Government destroys it and blocks all research

Why Would They Do This?

Ask yourself: Why would the Canadian government rather kill 330 healthy birds than allow independent research on their natural immunity?

The Official Excuse

"Biosecurity risk. Public safety. Protecting the poultry industry. Following international protocols."

The same language they used for COVID lockdowns. The same appeal to fear. The same refusal to consider alternatives.

The Real Reason

Because allowing independent research on natural immunity raises questions the government doesn't want asked:

Question 1: If animals can develop natural immunity to deadly viruses, what does that say about the mandatory vaccination policies that destroyed businesses and divided families during COVID?

Question 2: If a small family farm can contribute valuable antibody research, why do we funnel billions in taxpayer dollars to pharmaceutical companies and government-controlled labs?

Question 3: If natural immunity works—in ostriches, in humans, in nature—why did governments need lockdowns, mandates, frozen bank accounts, and emergency powers that still haven't ended?

Question 4: If we're so concerned about preventing pandemics, why do we fund gain-of-function research that makes viruses MORE dangerous while destroying natural immunity research that could help us fight them?

The Uncomfortable Truth

The ostrich flock represented everything the government hates:

Independent research outside their control
Natural immunity that doesn't require pharmaceutical intervention
Private property owners who refused to comply
Evidence that nature might have better solutions than government mandates
A narrative that contradicts the "trust government science" message

So they killed it. All of it.

The Double Standard

Let's be brutally clear about the hypocrisy:

Government Labs Can:

Create dangerous viruses through gain-of-function research
Experiment on coronaviruses to make them more transmissible
Receive billions in funding for "pandemic preparedness"
Operate with minimal oversight or accountability
Cause pandemics (or let them escape)

But a Family Farm Cannot:

Study natural immunity in their own animals
Conduct independent antibody research
Test their birds to prove they're healthy
Contribute to pandemic science
Keep their own property alive

Why?

Because government research serves government interests.

Independent research serves truth.

And truth is dangerous when you're building a control system.

This Is About Control, Not Safety

If this were really about biosecurity and preventing disease spread, the government would have:

Allowed independent testing to verify the birds' health status
Studied the survivors to understand their immunity
Worked with international researchers interested in the antibody potential
Considered relocation to secure facilities for research
Valued scientific knowledge over blanket destruction

They did none of these things.

Instead, they deployed the same playbook they used during COVID:

Declare an emergency
Claim "expert consensus"
Refuse to consider alternatives
Threaten dissenters with legal consequences
Use force to ensure compliance
Provide no accountability afterward

The ostriches weren't killed to protect public health.

They were killed to protect the government's monopoly on pandemic response and to eliminate evidence that their approach might be wrong.

The Labs That Create vs. The Birds That Survived

Here's the sick irony:

Wuhan Institute of Virology and labs like it received funding to conduct gain-of-function research—literally making viruses more dangerous. When COVID-19 emerged, those labs faced no consequences. The research continues. The funding flows.

Universal Ostrich Farm raised birds for 35 years. When those birds survived a deadly outbreak and could contribute to future pandemic prevention, they were exterminated.

The labs that potentially created the problem: Protected, funded, defended

The birds that survived the problem and could help solve it: Destroyed

Let that sink in.

What This Means for You

You might be thinking: "This is about birds and viruses. Why does it matter to me?"

Because the same government that:

Funded dangerous virus research
Locked you in your home for COVID
Mandated medical treatments
Froze protesters' bank accounts
Censored scientists who mentioned natural immunity
And now killed 330 birds to prevent natural immunity research

...is the same government that claims to be protecting you.

They're not protecting you.

They're protecting their power.

The ability to declare emergencies, mandate compliance, and crush dissent is too valuable to give up. Which means they need emergencies to continue. Which means they need you to believe that only government-controlled solutions work.

Natural immunity—whether in ostriches or humans—threatens that narrative.

So they destroy it.

The Questions We Must Ask

Why does government fund research that makes viruses MORE dangerous while destroying research on natural immunity?
Why were COVID policies that ignored natural immunity considered "following the science," but studying ostriches with natural immunity is a "biosecurity risk"?
If preventing pandemics is the goal, why kill birds that survived one and could help us prepare for the next?
Who benefits when pandemic research stays under government control rather than including independent scientists?
What other solutions are being suppressed because they don't fit the official narrative?

These aren't conspiracy theories. These are pattern-recognition questions based on documented facts.

The Precedent Is Set

The massacre at Universal Ostrich Farm established something terrifying:

The government can destroy your property, your livelihood, and your life's work, even torture and kill your animals—even when it could benefit humanity—if allowing it to exist threatens their narrative.

They proved it during COVID with:

Doctors who prescribed ivermectin
Scientists who discussed natural immunity
Business owners who stayed open
Truckers who protested mandates

Now they've proven it again with 330 ostriches who committed the crime of surviving a pandemic naturally.

What's next?

Maybe it's farmers who produce food outside industrial systems.
Maybe it's communities that generate their own power.
Maybe it's anyone who demonstrates that government control isn't necessary for human flourishing.

The pattern is clear: Independence is a threat. Self-sufficiency is dangerous. Solutions outside government control must be eliminated.

The COVID-Ostrich Connection

Here's what connects these stories:

Both revealed that government would rather maintain control than solve problems.

COVID could have been an opportunity to study natural immunity, repurpose existing medications, and empower individuals to make informed health choices. Instead, it became a power grab that crushed dissent and enriched pharmaceutical companies.

The ostrich outbreak could have been an opportunity to study natural immunity in real-time, gather valuable antibody data, and prepare for future H5N1 threats. Instead, it became a demonstration that even nature's solutions will be destroyed if they threaten government authority.

The lesson is the same:

When government claims emergency powers, those powers will be used to eliminate alternatives—even when those alternatives could save lives.

What Happens Next?

The officials who ordered this massacre will face no consequences.

The young men who pulled the triggers will sleep fine tonight.

The courts that approved it will issue no apologies.

The media will move on to the next story.

And most Canadians will forget this ever happened.

But the precedent remains:

Your government will destroy solutions if those solutions threaten their control.

They did it with COVID treatments.
They did it with the Freedom Convoy.
They did it with the ostriches.

They'll do it again.

A Warning to the Free World

I'm a Canadian watching my country surrender freedom one compliance at a time.

What happened in Edgewater isn't just about birds. It's about what governments do when citizens forget to question authority.

The same governments that:

Fund dangerous virus research
Seize emergency powers during pandemics
Censor information about natural immunity
Mandate pharmaceutical interventions
Freeze bank accounts of dissenters

...will also destroy 330 healthy animals rather than allow independent research that might contradict their narrative.

This is what unchecked government power looks like.

If you're in a country that still has mechanisms to resist—whether that's constitutional protections, an armed citizenry, or a culture that values individual liberty—don't surrender them.

Because once you do, midnight visits from government contractors with rifles become policy.

And by then, it's too late to object.

Remember What They Took

On November 6-7, 2025, the Canadian government didn't just kill 330 beautiful and intellegent and very social ostriches.

They killed:

Potential antibody research that could fight future pandemics
A family's 35-year legacy and left them completely shattered and they got witness this barbaric horror show front and centre.
Evidence that natural immunity works
The principle that private property has rights
Any pretense that "biosecurity" is about health rather than control

And they sent a message: Solutions outside government control will not be tolerated.

The connection between COVID labs and the ostrich massacre is simple:

Governments will fund research that increases their power and destroy research that questions it.

Even if that research could save lives.

Avery Lane is a Canadian expat documenting what happens when populations forget how to say no. Northern Warning exists because someone needs to connect the dots before the next emergency is declared.