Ontario Farm Faces $720,000 in Animal Cruelty Charges

Interestingly, I can not find mention of this story, well, anywhere.  The only place I found it was in the “Farmers Forum” which is, according to them, “Eastern Ontario’s and east-central Ontario’s leading farm newspaper”.  Article is posted below.  I find it very slanted, and quite inflammatory.  Of course, I’ve seen this attitude before with the (horse) pro-slaughter activists.  ‘Be careful farmers, it’s a slippery slope… if they ban horse slaughter it’ll end up killing the cattle industry… if they enforce humane laws it’ll kill the cattle industry… they’re all animal rights activists… blah… blah… blah‘.

I will, as usual, be breaking into the “article” to add my own two cents.  I can do that, because it’s my blog.  :)

Article

Shocker: investigators can ignore codes of conduct and make up their own rules

By Ian Cumming

CHESTERVILLE — Last December, an unidentified caller to the Ontario Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (OSPCA) fretted about a dozen bred, healthy Holstein heifers standing outside a Chesterville-area farm. The heifers had free-choice baleage, later tested at 20 per cent protein, free-choice water, shelter beside the dairy barn and a nearby grove of trees. The temperature on the day was minus four degrees Celsius. It was a pleasant day for cows. It turned out to be one of the worst days in the lives of David and Marilyn Robinson, who owned the farm.

Ok.  First off, the slant in the article is evident by the very first sentence.  “fretted about a dozen bred, healthy Holstein…”  That bothers me.  Secondly, I would have to guess someone has a grudge against the Robinsons.  Why else would anyone call if it was only -4 degrees Celsius?  Especially if they had shelter?  And were in good weight?  I mean, most people wouldn’t even notice if there was enough water or food as they drove by!  But… the cattle weren’t in good weight.

Horses Starving and Injured while SPCA “Monitors”. Again.

The Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is up to it again.  For a month now the SPCA out of Hamilton have been monitoring six horses on a property in Millgrove.  The horses are malnourished, have rain rot, some are injured, but all are nice, sweet horses that are desperate for food, water and love.

A neighbour called the SPCA to report the horses.  The owner of the horses does not live there.  I have to wonder who DOES live there.  If you watch the video, you’ll see a house…  Are those people sitting in their living room, watching six horses slowly starve to death while collecting the rent on the barn and land?