From Health Ranger Mike Adams, at Natural News.com
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“(NaturalNews) NaturalNews can now confirm that the Michigan Department of Natural Resources has, in total violation of the Fourth Amendment, conducted two armed raids on pig farmers in that state, one in Kalkaska County at Fife Lake and another in Cheboygan County. Staging raids involving six vehicles and ten armed men, DNA conducted unconstitutional, illegal and arguably criminal armed raids on these two farms with the intent of shooting all the farmers’ pigs under a bizarre new “Invasive Species Order” (ISO) that has suddenly declared traditional livestock to be an invasive species….”
“….”I think this is an unconstitutional order, these actions of the DNR are way out of bounds,” attorney Joseph O’Leary told NaturalNews in an interview today. He is representing one of the farmers who was targeted in these raids. “To take what was six months ago an entirely legal activity, and suddenly people are felons over it. They’re not growing drugs, running guns or killing anybody, they’re raising animals pursuant to USDA regulations and state of Michigan regulations. They haven’t done anything wrong here, and the DNR is treating them like they are hardened criminals.”
In anticipation of the DNR arriving on the scene, one farmer engaged in what can only be described as a heart-wrenching task of shooting his own pigs, one by one, including baby piglets before the DNR arrived. This was to avoid being arrested as a felon. His livelihood is now completely destroyed, as the state of Michigan has put him out of business. Even after this farmer informed the DNR that he had destroyed his entire herd of pigs, the DNR continued to illegally acquire a search warrant by providing false information to a court Judge, then conducting an armed raid on his ranch to verify that the entire herd of pigs had indeed already been shot to death. That this took place satisfied the DNR, which is now showing itself to be engaged in the mob-style destruction of targeted farming businesses through its mass-murder agenda of Michigan’s small-scale farm pigs.
“It was very traumatic for him. These guys are farmers, and I know how much he cared for the animals there, and the DNR treats these like they’re some kind of a plant that needs to be exterminated rather than animals that people care about,” said O’Leary.
Here is what one of the raided farmers had to say about his experience of being forced to destroy his pigs:….”
Get the whole story on Natural News.
Meanwhile back here in Ontario, we’ve still got no resolution in the case of Montana Jones and her missing herd of Shropshire sheep, similarly under warrant for destruction by a government ministry. Surely a herd of 41 sheep can’t just vanish off the face of the earth. But maybe more clues will surface in the weeks ahead regarding that particular sheep-napping.
And, this just in from Infowars.com, also by Mike Adams:
“Join the demand to investigate Michigan DNR director Rodney Stokes over forced shooting of baby piglets in cold blood
There is nothing more pathetic, ugly and insidious than a tyrannical government thug who uses his power to destroy the lives of law-abiding citizens.
According to our sources, the person behind this effort is DNR director Rodney A. Stokes (see contact information below). Rodney Stokes, we’ve been told, is the decision maker behind these armed raids on Michigan ranchers. He’s the one who demands that traditional heritage pigs be slaughtered at gunpoint and that Michigan ranchers be arrested and charged as felons if they resist….”
More, from Baker’s Green Acres:
“Wanted to share an e-mail from one of the farmers who was raided on Friday. Note at the end of his message what the DNR observed about his facility.
Subject: search warrant
I was served a search warrant yesterday at 7: 45am.
After 8 guys 3 four wheelers, and 4 hours, DNR decided I was correct. I have killed all my hogs. They gave me papers that say I do not have any hogs on my property. All they saw were dead hogs laying around from my mass slaughtering. It took 12 guys 4 times in there to kill all of them, sows with young, Pregnant sows, dozens of piglets, and old mature boars. It has been a sad few weeks.
Does anyone know what it feels like to open fire on 20 baby piglets in one group which weigh between 5lbs and 15 lbs. They are so adorable and cute.
They commented to everyone that they never saw a fence built so tough and no way would a hog get out of this area. I trenched 2′ then installed chain link fencing, then a 10′ high tightlock fence on top of that. ( 200 acre area ) They never saw a fence like that.
Dave Tuxbury
deer tracks ranch
Another farmer, Ron McKendrick, was raided on Saturday, ending a two week event in which his place was staked out for three days, his customers were “interviewed” by armed officers, and his meat processor was so intimidated she won’t take his hogs but fears her business will suffer greatly due to the loss of business. Even though he’s in Detroit working while a hired man runs his facility, he had a restraining order issued against him and faced a suit for not obeying the ISO–however, by the time of the raid on Saturday, he’d never received any paperwork informing him of those two pieces of court action. He faces a hearing in Cheboygan on Friday, April 20th. If you’re in the area, feel free to attend.
This is an e-mail from our lawyer, commenting on a release from the Michigan United Conservation Clubs.…”
The Bovine 
Very scary indeed. It sure doesn’t take a conspiracy theorist to see that something is very wrong with the system as it stands in both our countries. Giving too much power to bureaucrats has obviously been a big mistake. I hope they throw the book at Rodney Stokes. I hope they never find Montana’s sheep unless by then some sense has been deposited into these peoples heads.
Margo, please forgive me… But you have made it clear that you are seeking for the government to regulate raw milk, and yet you also say that “giving too much power to the bureaucrats has obviously been a big mistake”. If you can reconcile the two, I might gain some clarity about your perspective.
Felony farming? What’s next?