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After nearly a year of protests, court fights, and a sprawling online campaign, in November, more than 300 ostriches in the tiny community of Edgewood, B.C. were culled to stop the spread of avian flu. In a new investigation The Fifth Estate looks into the battle between science and conspiracy — and what this saga reveals about the larger political and cultural moment we're in. The Fifth Estate’s co-host Mark Kelley brings us the story of “The Ostrich Con.”
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After nearly a year of protests, court fights, and a sprawling online campaign, in November, more than 300 ostriches in the tiny community of Edgewood, B.C. were culled to stop the spread of avian flu. In a new investigation The Fifth Estate looks into the battle between science and conspiracy — and what this saga reveals about the larger political and cultural moment we're in. The Fifth Estate’s co-host Mark Kelley brings us the story of “The Ostrich Con.”

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