ASB.Immortality
10-05-2006, 02:41 PM
This is reposted from another board I am on. We have found it interesting that what lengths the USDA will go to. This can happen to anyone. I mean anyone. It doesn't matter what kind of animals you have. This has happened before with birds (http://www.cocka2.com/newcastle).
In my opinion, you will start seeing more of this happen. Everyone is yelling for the slaughter ban to take place, when it does, it ups the USDAs budget from 500k to 5 million a year.
More of the story:
http://nonais.org/index.php/2006/09/29/henshaw-incident/
************************************************** *******
Please let me clarify at the beginning, this is not my story, it was written by Mrs. Henshaw. I found it this morning on Congress.org on the Soapbox page. If you cannot equate hogs to horses, bear in mind that the USDA's policy is that IF they SUSPECT some animal is sick, they will "depopulate" (translation: Murder) every animal of the species within a five mile radius, no exceptions, no compensation. -- Pat
This our story…first hand. Do with it as you please. You have our permission to use it to your advantage. We thank you for your concerns.
This is a true story about a little ranch in (very) rural Buckingham County, Virginia. Its name is Dancin’ Hills Ranch.
My husband and I own 152 acres and he has run a private wild boar hunting club for 16 years. This was very first of its kind in Virginia. Please know that he is not a “fly-by-night” hunter. He was 1 in 10 in the nation at one time for professional archery, he was a producer, as well as hunted for a TV show out West called “Wild and True”. He ran a very decent club, with hunters from the Pentagon and Quantico as frequent guests. They came here to have fun and de-stress. Our place was peaceful and a retreat for many. He did this as a hobby because he loved the sport and the company. We made little, if any, money off of the place once we made the land payment and paid for the feed and fence upkeep. My husband has served as police officer and a state trooper. He worked narcotics and sexual abuse cases. He is what you would call “a good man”.
On September 12, 2006, at 5:00 in the morning, we were roused out of bed to a knock on our door. It was the Game Warden. He was here to arrest Danny on a Class 2 Misdemeanor for “operating a mammalian shooting enclosure without a permit”. Now that whole issue is a story in its own and one best explained by my husband. Long story short, he did everything he was supposed to do 16 years ago and was “grand fathered in”. When he started the preserve there was no other and he went to authorities to make sure of what was required. That was the last he heard until September 12th.
On May 20, 2006 an agent had “harvested” a pig. The same hunter/agent had come back on September 9, 2006 and killed another pig.
As my husband was taken off the property in the wardens car, they could hear over the scanner, “Okay, we can go in now, he’s off the property.” At that point 9 vehicles/SUV’s/4-wheelers came up our driveway, lights glaring. Game wardens were posted and we were told we could not go near the preserve. It was under armed guard; the game wardens being requisitioned by the State Vet to guard them. (From us?)
They had a Quarantine Order and the “special agents” began to immediately kill our pigs.
We were not allowed to have any information. No one would answer our questions. The only thing we were told was that the order called for 10 pigs to be killed and tested, if they turned out okay, they would kill another 10, if they turned out okay they would then kill up to 30. All during this time we were given no news.
We were told that the State Vet was at a “command post” nearby and was due at 7:00 am to pick up samples and it would take a few hours before they knew anything. We waited. Although the killing continued, no one told us ANYTHING. When we tried to ask, the Game Wardens could only say that they were there just as security and knew nothing about it until 4:00 that morning. The USDA agents would not talk to me.
The shooting went on into the night, all night. The guards were on duty 24 hours a day, 3 shifts, even if the agents were not. During this time we saw one of the jeep-type vehicles with a cartoon drawing of a pig with the words “HOG DOWN!” written on the dirty back window. There was also a young blonde female that jumped off the back of the 4-wheeler and “high-fived” another agent after a kill. It was only the beginning.
On Thursday, September 14, my friend and I were in my home. She had come up to be with me. I heard 12 gunshots coming from an entirely different part of our property. As I looked at her, I knew that they had killed our two pets… I had raised these two pigs from 3 days old. I bottle fed them during the winter and kept them inside in a crate. They were sweet and gentle. The local 4-H clubs came to visit them and pet them. They were a local “point of interest” for church groups and family. We loved these guys… They were exactly 5 years 7 months old on the day they were shot. Cupid was over 500 pounds; Valentine was almost as big. (Yes, they were born on Valentine’s Day.) These pigs were in their own pen, on another piece of property altogether, not attached in any way to the preserve that they had quarantined. They were not tested; just killed while I listened. I was given no warning, no head’s up. I just heard the shots. I looked out the window and a few agents were driving up the driveway on 4-wheelers. Other agents were at the site. Our pets were chained and pulled over the grass into our gravel driveway. They left the drag marks and blood behind. I reached my limit and broke down.
This type of activity went on for 11 days. On our property, at our home. 24 hour armed guards to keep us off the preserve. Day and night vehicles came and went. USDA trucks, jeeps, 4-wheelers, State cars, game wardens and requisitioned stock trailers and trucks. The trailers hauled off the killed animals, taking them somewhere to be incinerated. We think it was to either Lynchburg or Roanoke. I did get one agent to tell me that the tests were “probable”.
Now, it is important to know a little about pseudo rabies, which is what the original quarantine paper stated. This disease affects the reproduction of the stock. The sow’s litters will be aborted, still born or mummified. It is transferable form stock to stock by contact or for a short distance, airborne. Our stock is totally fenced in, quite well, I might add. Our stock comes into contact with no other stock. They lived on approximately 70-75 acres of dense wood. I state, unequivocally, OUR PIGS HAD NO SYMPTOMS OF THIS DISEASE. Symptoms include sluggishness, malnourished and coughing. Our stock was healthy, robust and extremely fertile. (What hunter would want a malnourished, sluggish pig?)
On the 11th day, September 22, one USDA agent, one representative from the Virginia Department of Agriculture and one game warden (for safety, remember?), came to our front door. They told us that they wanted to leave, but they could not catch all the pigs and that they were at their wit’s ends. They had shot them, starved them for days, put out corn for them (after the starving), used trapping devices and pens, numbers of “special agents trained for this kind of thing” (quote), and they FINALLY ask my husband (the expert) to help them. They wanted to know if they left corn, would he feed them and once caught, would he kill them FOR THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Amazing. They also left a key to the lock they had placed on the preserve. We never locked it…we closed it with a chain, but it was never locked. They estimated that they had killed 79 pigs.
Now, the irony of it is this:
1) These pigs were so diseased that they were a threat to the state of Virginia. They were so diseased that not only did it take special agents to kill them, the State Vet personnel had to put on white suits and gloves and masks. They left Danny (the criminal) in charge of finishing their job.
2) That these pigs had pseudo rabies, which inhibits their reproduction. The majority of the pigs that they left were babies, piglets. As in, not aborted, stillborn nor mummified! If they had this disease, why so many healthy, agile, quick, smart (at least smarter that the special agents) pigs still running around? Our stock was superior in size, agility, speed and they LOVED their living conditions. These pigs knew the game. They knew that they were well fed, taken care of. Once in a while one was sacrificed for the others. But they were happy (if pigs can be happy.)
We listened to the pigs getting caught in snares, being shot over and over. We watched them be driven down the driveway, dead. We could not do anything or Danny’s bond would be revoked.
That was Friday, this is Sunday evening. We still are having a hard time believing this happened, in our country, on our property, by our officials.
Danny has since taken pictures of the pens, the trash left on our land from their lunches/dinners, boards and used gloves outside the preserve, covered with blood, used toilet paper at various and asundry places accompanied by the reason for such.
This is our home. This place was peaceful. Serene.
Danny and I feel as though our pure land has been raped. We have been degraded. He was arrested and taken in on a Class 2 misdemeanor, like a criminal. I was left here with an army of uniformed officials and no answers. I didn’t know whether to call for help to raise money to get him out or to call an attorney. I was told by one of the game wardens that one of the agents told him I needed to round up my dogs (pets) because the undercover agent saw a dog with my husband on the day of his hunt. They would need to kill him also. I was petrified. I was also told to gather my tax documents. My husband did not return for 3 hours.
I am not exaggerating the facts. I don’t need to. The reality is far worse than my imagination. As of today, we have heard nothing on the test results. We have no way of refuting anything these departments have to say…the evidence has been incinerated.
At this point we cannot believe anything they would have to say. THEY killed our pigs, THEY tested the animals, THEY took them away, THEY have the results, THEY left us to clean up the mess. They never considered our rights. They never respected our feelings. It is a tragedy. Our place is “sad” (I can’t think of a more glamorous description). We are heartbroken, but not broken. This situation has literally brought us to our knees with sorrow, but it is from this very position we will regain our strength. We are country folk, trying to get along. But this does not mean we are either stupid or weak.
We appeal to you as a human being. What would you do if it were your home?
Willis River Hunting ~ Danny Henshaw
Route 2, Box 68G Gladstone, VA 24553
danny@willisriver.com (434) 933-8455 Phone
Here is a later post:
For anyone who may have doubts that this could really happen, I reprint this from NoNais.org which includes links to copies of all the government documents.
[quote]Henshaw Documents
Background Info — walterj 5:46 am
Mr. and Mrs. Henshaw have graciously allowed me to post the documents from the government pertaining to the Henshaw Incident. The purpose in doing this is because I have been getting a large number of letters from people who are asking for proof of this incident, some denying that our government would act in the way described in the above mentioned article and reported by the Henshaws. It is my hope that these documents, which should at least in part be publicly accessible at the government offices in Virginia, will resolve this issue as to whether or not the “Henshaw Incident” occurred and as to many of the particulars.
The state of Virginia provided a plan for testing 30 pigs without destruction of the herd. It is interesting to note that the date of the order for quarantine and testing is the same as the date for the order of destruction of all the pigs. One must wonder why this was such a rush emergency situation within a fenced enclosure, as noted on the orders, of animals that are not a threat to human health that they had to move to full combat mode and destroy as many animals as possible.
It is also worth noting how the government uses the threat of high costs for disposal of the destroyed personal property to coerce the cooperation of the Henshaws. Not only is the government now taking by eminent domain the private property of citizens but it is billing them for the process.
One comment that Mrs. Henshaw made to me by email at one point was:
“The deadline that is on the order is for them to complete the eradication w/in 15 days [9/27/06]. That would give them until Wednesday or the State of Virginia looses its “PR Free” status. They have killed 78 hogs.”
-Mrs. Cynthia Henshaw, private email communications
It is to be noted that they failed to kill all the hogs. Given this, if the state’s claim of Pseudorabies is true then the state of Virginia should now be considered a Pseudorabies positive status state and ineligible for interstate transport of animals. It will be interesting to see if this is so.
It is interesting to note that according to the Merck Manual on Pseudorabies, the authority on animal diseases, the Pseudorabies fatality rate for piglets is nearly 100%. The Henshaws say that they have a lot of piglets running around raising into question the diagnosis. Given that the government removed the evidence we may never know or it may take years to come out like in the Faillace case.
Some people have said:
“this was just a game preserve”,
“it’s not like they were raising these animals for food”,
“The family involved were not raising food for their family…”,
“they were raising feral hogs and sheep for HUNTING”,
“these hogs and sheep were being raised to be shot…just came to them a bit early…”,
“It’s their own fault for importing hogs” [they weren’t],
“the animals were unconfined” [ever hear of pastured livestock?],
“this doesn’t pertain to animal ID”,
“there is no concrete proof”,
“It’s just rumors”,
“It’s an urban legand”,
“It’s a obvious hoax”,
“You can’t believe what you read on the internet”,
“the Virginia Dept of Game and Fisheries said it was a hoax”,
“the pigs must have been wild Boar which we have almost none of here in VA”,
“they’re exotic game, who cares”,
“people who aren’t running hunting preserves or raising exotic animals probably don’t have to worry about getting into a situation like this” and
“the government wouldn’t do this to real farmers”.
Don’t get your hopes up. Whether you agree or disagree with the concept of “hunting enclosures” is not the issue. What government does to your brother and sister they will gladly do to you. If you do not work to protect your neighbors right to own and raise livestock, to farm traditionally, then you will lose your rights too.
Lastly, you will note that, as stated at the bottom of their stationary, the state of Virginia is an equal opportunity employer. It is good to know our government cares.
I have deleted Mr. Henshaw’s Social Security number and birth date from the documents for his privacy as well as the fax ID/number from which the document were sent again for privacy. Other than that the documents are as I received them, although reproduced in compressed JPG form to minimize the load on my web server and maximize accessibility for people with slower dial-up modem connections.
Please note that the names of the government officials are on these documents. Please do not take reprisals against these individuals - they were only doing their jobs. We must allow for a full investigation and judicial review to peacefully resolve this issue and compensate the Henshaws for the loss of their animals and abuse of their Constitutional rights.
I have closed comments on this article. Please instead leave comment on the original “Henshaw Incident” article to keep the discussion organized.
The Henshaw Documents
http://nonais.org/techdocs/HenshawD...restWarrant.jpg
http://nonais.org/techdocs/HenshawD...wQuarantine.jpg
http://nonais.org/techdocs/HenshawD...teVetLetter.jpg
http://nonais.org/techdocs/HenshawD...nshawVAPlan.jpg
http://nonais.org/techdocs/HenshawD...uctionOrder.jpg
http://nonais.org/techdocs/HenshawD...cationCosts.jpg
In my opinion, you will start seeing more of this happen. Everyone is yelling for the slaughter ban to take place, when it does, it ups the USDAs budget from 500k to 5 million a year.
More of the story:
http://nonais.org/index.php/2006/09/29/henshaw-incident/
************************************************** *******
Please let me clarify at the beginning, this is not my story, it was written by Mrs. Henshaw. I found it this morning on Congress.org on the Soapbox page. If you cannot equate hogs to horses, bear in mind that the USDA's policy is that IF they SUSPECT some animal is sick, they will "depopulate" (translation: Murder) every animal of the species within a five mile radius, no exceptions, no compensation. -- Pat
This our story…first hand. Do with it as you please. You have our permission to use it to your advantage. We thank you for your concerns.
This is a true story about a little ranch in (very) rural Buckingham County, Virginia. Its name is Dancin’ Hills Ranch.
My husband and I own 152 acres and he has run a private wild boar hunting club for 16 years. This was very first of its kind in Virginia. Please know that he is not a “fly-by-night” hunter. He was 1 in 10 in the nation at one time for professional archery, he was a producer, as well as hunted for a TV show out West called “Wild and True”. He ran a very decent club, with hunters from the Pentagon and Quantico as frequent guests. They came here to have fun and de-stress. Our place was peaceful and a retreat for many. He did this as a hobby because he loved the sport and the company. We made little, if any, money off of the place once we made the land payment and paid for the feed and fence upkeep. My husband has served as police officer and a state trooper. He worked narcotics and sexual abuse cases. He is what you would call “a good man”.
On September 12, 2006, at 5:00 in the morning, we were roused out of bed to a knock on our door. It was the Game Warden. He was here to arrest Danny on a Class 2 Misdemeanor for “operating a mammalian shooting enclosure without a permit”. Now that whole issue is a story in its own and one best explained by my husband. Long story short, he did everything he was supposed to do 16 years ago and was “grand fathered in”. When he started the preserve there was no other and he went to authorities to make sure of what was required. That was the last he heard until September 12th.
On May 20, 2006 an agent had “harvested” a pig. The same hunter/agent had come back on September 9, 2006 and killed another pig.
As my husband was taken off the property in the wardens car, they could hear over the scanner, “Okay, we can go in now, he’s off the property.” At that point 9 vehicles/SUV’s/4-wheelers came up our driveway, lights glaring. Game wardens were posted and we were told we could not go near the preserve. It was under armed guard; the game wardens being requisitioned by the State Vet to guard them. (From us?)
They had a Quarantine Order and the “special agents” began to immediately kill our pigs.
We were not allowed to have any information. No one would answer our questions. The only thing we were told was that the order called for 10 pigs to be killed and tested, if they turned out okay, they would kill another 10, if they turned out okay they would then kill up to 30. All during this time we were given no news.
We were told that the State Vet was at a “command post” nearby and was due at 7:00 am to pick up samples and it would take a few hours before they knew anything. We waited. Although the killing continued, no one told us ANYTHING. When we tried to ask, the Game Wardens could only say that they were there just as security and knew nothing about it until 4:00 that morning. The USDA agents would not talk to me.
The shooting went on into the night, all night. The guards were on duty 24 hours a day, 3 shifts, even if the agents were not. During this time we saw one of the jeep-type vehicles with a cartoon drawing of a pig with the words “HOG DOWN!” written on the dirty back window. There was also a young blonde female that jumped off the back of the 4-wheeler and “high-fived” another agent after a kill. It was only the beginning.
On Thursday, September 14, my friend and I were in my home. She had come up to be with me. I heard 12 gunshots coming from an entirely different part of our property. As I looked at her, I knew that they had killed our two pets… I had raised these two pigs from 3 days old. I bottle fed them during the winter and kept them inside in a crate. They were sweet and gentle. The local 4-H clubs came to visit them and pet them. They were a local “point of interest” for church groups and family. We loved these guys… They were exactly 5 years 7 months old on the day they were shot. Cupid was over 500 pounds; Valentine was almost as big. (Yes, they were born on Valentine’s Day.) These pigs were in their own pen, on another piece of property altogether, not attached in any way to the preserve that they had quarantined. They were not tested; just killed while I listened. I was given no warning, no head’s up. I just heard the shots. I looked out the window and a few agents were driving up the driveway on 4-wheelers. Other agents were at the site. Our pets were chained and pulled over the grass into our gravel driveway. They left the drag marks and blood behind. I reached my limit and broke down.
This type of activity went on for 11 days. On our property, at our home. 24 hour armed guards to keep us off the preserve. Day and night vehicles came and went. USDA trucks, jeeps, 4-wheelers, State cars, game wardens and requisitioned stock trailers and trucks. The trailers hauled off the killed animals, taking them somewhere to be incinerated. We think it was to either Lynchburg or Roanoke. I did get one agent to tell me that the tests were “probable”.
Now, it is important to know a little about pseudo rabies, which is what the original quarantine paper stated. This disease affects the reproduction of the stock. The sow’s litters will be aborted, still born or mummified. It is transferable form stock to stock by contact or for a short distance, airborne. Our stock is totally fenced in, quite well, I might add. Our stock comes into contact with no other stock. They lived on approximately 70-75 acres of dense wood. I state, unequivocally, OUR PIGS HAD NO SYMPTOMS OF THIS DISEASE. Symptoms include sluggishness, malnourished and coughing. Our stock was healthy, robust and extremely fertile. (What hunter would want a malnourished, sluggish pig?)
On the 11th day, September 22, one USDA agent, one representative from the Virginia Department of Agriculture and one game warden (for safety, remember?), came to our front door. They told us that they wanted to leave, but they could not catch all the pigs and that they were at their wit’s ends. They had shot them, starved them for days, put out corn for them (after the starving), used trapping devices and pens, numbers of “special agents trained for this kind of thing” (quote), and they FINALLY ask my husband (the expert) to help them. They wanted to know if they left corn, would he feed them and once caught, would he kill them FOR THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Amazing. They also left a key to the lock they had placed on the preserve. We never locked it…we closed it with a chain, but it was never locked. They estimated that they had killed 79 pigs.
Now, the irony of it is this:
1) These pigs were so diseased that they were a threat to the state of Virginia. They were so diseased that not only did it take special agents to kill them, the State Vet personnel had to put on white suits and gloves and masks. They left Danny (the criminal) in charge of finishing their job.
2) That these pigs had pseudo rabies, which inhibits their reproduction. The majority of the pigs that they left were babies, piglets. As in, not aborted, stillborn nor mummified! If they had this disease, why so many healthy, agile, quick, smart (at least smarter that the special agents) pigs still running around? Our stock was superior in size, agility, speed and they LOVED their living conditions. These pigs knew the game. They knew that they were well fed, taken care of. Once in a while one was sacrificed for the others. But they were happy (if pigs can be happy.)
We listened to the pigs getting caught in snares, being shot over and over. We watched them be driven down the driveway, dead. We could not do anything or Danny’s bond would be revoked.
That was Friday, this is Sunday evening. We still are having a hard time believing this happened, in our country, on our property, by our officials.
Danny has since taken pictures of the pens, the trash left on our land from their lunches/dinners, boards and used gloves outside the preserve, covered with blood, used toilet paper at various and asundry places accompanied by the reason for such.
This is our home. This place was peaceful. Serene.
Danny and I feel as though our pure land has been raped. We have been degraded. He was arrested and taken in on a Class 2 misdemeanor, like a criminal. I was left here with an army of uniformed officials and no answers. I didn’t know whether to call for help to raise money to get him out or to call an attorney. I was told by one of the game wardens that one of the agents told him I needed to round up my dogs (pets) because the undercover agent saw a dog with my husband on the day of his hunt. They would need to kill him also. I was petrified. I was also told to gather my tax documents. My husband did not return for 3 hours.
I am not exaggerating the facts. I don’t need to. The reality is far worse than my imagination. As of today, we have heard nothing on the test results. We have no way of refuting anything these departments have to say…the evidence has been incinerated.
At this point we cannot believe anything they would have to say. THEY killed our pigs, THEY tested the animals, THEY took them away, THEY have the results, THEY left us to clean up the mess. They never considered our rights. They never respected our feelings. It is a tragedy. Our place is “sad” (I can’t think of a more glamorous description). We are heartbroken, but not broken. This situation has literally brought us to our knees with sorrow, but it is from this very position we will regain our strength. We are country folk, trying to get along. But this does not mean we are either stupid or weak.
We appeal to you as a human being. What would you do if it were your home?
Willis River Hunting ~ Danny Henshaw
Route 2, Box 68G Gladstone, VA 24553
danny@willisriver.com (434) 933-8455 Phone
Here is a later post:
For anyone who may have doubts that this could really happen, I reprint this from NoNais.org which includes links to copies of all the government documents.
[quote]Henshaw Documents
Background Info — walterj 5:46 am
Mr. and Mrs. Henshaw have graciously allowed me to post the documents from the government pertaining to the Henshaw Incident. The purpose in doing this is because I have been getting a large number of letters from people who are asking for proof of this incident, some denying that our government would act in the way described in the above mentioned article and reported by the Henshaws. It is my hope that these documents, which should at least in part be publicly accessible at the government offices in Virginia, will resolve this issue as to whether or not the “Henshaw Incident” occurred and as to many of the particulars.
The state of Virginia provided a plan for testing 30 pigs without destruction of the herd. It is interesting to note that the date of the order for quarantine and testing is the same as the date for the order of destruction of all the pigs. One must wonder why this was such a rush emergency situation within a fenced enclosure, as noted on the orders, of animals that are not a threat to human health that they had to move to full combat mode and destroy as many animals as possible.
It is also worth noting how the government uses the threat of high costs for disposal of the destroyed personal property to coerce the cooperation of the Henshaws. Not only is the government now taking by eminent domain the private property of citizens but it is billing them for the process.
One comment that Mrs. Henshaw made to me by email at one point was:
“The deadline that is on the order is for them to complete the eradication w/in 15 days [9/27/06]. That would give them until Wednesday or the State of Virginia looses its “PR Free” status. They have killed 78 hogs.”
-Mrs. Cynthia Henshaw, private email communications
It is to be noted that they failed to kill all the hogs. Given this, if the state’s claim of Pseudorabies is true then the state of Virginia should now be considered a Pseudorabies positive status state and ineligible for interstate transport of animals. It will be interesting to see if this is so.
It is interesting to note that according to the Merck Manual on Pseudorabies, the authority on animal diseases, the Pseudorabies fatality rate for piglets is nearly 100%. The Henshaws say that they have a lot of piglets running around raising into question the diagnosis. Given that the government removed the evidence we may never know or it may take years to come out like in the Faillace case.
Some people have said:
“this was just a game preserve”,
“it’s not like they were raising these animals for food”,
“The family involved were not raising food for their family…”,
“they were raising feral hogs and sheep for HUNTING”,
“these hogs and sheep were being raised to be shot…just came to them a bit early…”,
“It’s their own fault for importing hogs” [they weren’t],
“the animals were unconfined” [ever hear of pastured livestock?],
“this doesn’t pertain to animal ID”,
“there is no concrete proof”,
“It’s just rumors”,
“It’s an urban legand”,
“It’s a obvious hoax”,
“You can’t believe what you read on the internet”,
“the Virginia Dept of Game and Fisheries said it was a hoax”,
“the pigs must have been wild Boar which we have almost none of here in VA”,
“they’re exotic game, who cares”,
“people who aren’t running hunting preserves or raising exotic animals probably don’t have to worry about getting into a situation like this” and
“the government wouldn’t do this to real farmers”.
Don’t get your hopes up. Whether you agree or disagree with the concept of “hunting enclosures” is not the issue. What government does to your brother and sister they will gladly do to you. If you do not work to protect your neighbors right to own and raise livestock, to farm traditionally, then you will lose your rights too.
Lastly, you will note that, as stated at the bottom of their stationary, the state of Virginia is an equal opportunity employer. It is good to know our government cares.
I have deleted Mr. Henshaw’s Social Security number and birth date from the documents for his privacy as well as the fax ID/number from which the document were sent again for privacy. Other than that the documents are as I received them, although reproduced in compressed JPG form to minimize the load on my web server and maximize accessibility for people with slower dial-up modem connections.
Please note that the names of the government officials are on these documents. Please do not take reprisals against these individuals - they were only doing their jobs. We must allow for a full investigation and judicial review to peacefully resolve this issue and compensate the Henshaws for the loss of their animals and abuse of their Constitutional rights.
I have closed comments on this article. Please instead leave comment on the original “Henshaw Incident” article to keep the discussion organized.
The Henshaw Documents
http://nonais.org/techdocs/HenshawD...restWarrant.jpg
http://nonais.org/techdocs/HenshawD...wQuarantine.jpg
http://nonais.org/techdocs/HenshawD...teVetLetter.jpg
http://nonais.org/techdocs/HenshawD...nshawVAPlan.jpg
http://nonais.org/techdocs/HenshawD...uctionOrder.jpg
http://nonais.org/techdocs/HenshawD...cationCosts.jpg