real activism in the sheep world

........my daughter is a true modern hippie...i have posted many times of her organic life-style...i am living on her farm atm....she has tons of hippie and non hippie friends....one of her good friends was on the cbc national radio today..

her name is montana jones and she is a sheep farmer...she near single handedly saved a rare breed of sheep called Shropshire from extinction and now breeds these beautiful animals here in ontario...

41 of these sheep were to be killed by the canadian food inspection agency today because of a genetic link to a sheep in another province that was found to have scrapie..a dangerous sheep illness.....the one sick sheep came from her farm 3 years ago and that is why the government is coming after these other sheep..they are related genetically.....montana has been trying to persuade the government to individually test each sheep before killing them but to no avail

cut to the excitement...montanas 41 death row sheep were sheepnapped last night before the government could kill them...''the farmers peace corps'' even left a note .....montana is dead set against the spread of any sheep disease but giving that the canadian government were about to wipe out a third of all the sheep like this that are left in the world she felt some special attention was in order..........


please check out the site and sign the petition
http://shropshiresheep.org/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRKppC_odPE"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRKppC_odPE

 

signed...

 

:2thumbsup:

 

signed

 

thanks guys

 

Nasty situation... Don't they have to kill the sheep in order to test them? I remember that's how it went here when it was scrapie test time. One or two sheeps were send of to get a head examine.

 

That was pretty cool that someone sheepnaped them before they could be killed. Petition signed :daisy:

 

from;

"New Live-Animal Test for Scrapie" was published in the November 1998 issue of Agricultural Research magazine.


more...

Live animal testing

[PDF] A live animal test for scrapie - Gene Check, Inc.
[PDF] New scrapie live animal test approved - USDA APHIS
[PDF] Pictorial guide to collecting samples for scrapie testing
Preclinical diagnosis of scrapie . . . J. Clinical Micro.
Rectal biopsies may hold clue to eradication - Dairy Goat Journal
Third Eyelid Test - Universe Magazine
Update on testing for scrapie - The Ohio State University

 

thanks tom...very informative...anyone else please visit the site in the op and sign the petition if you feel inclined and are a protester in training

 

Got you rolling

 

My anti-virus blocked the site ?? flagged the page as a trojan horse...i was about to sign it too

 

wow...and you are from scotland...thats is very suspicious lol....we will pass on your wishes in person chris...no worries brother

 

Done

 

hahaha, wonder if imaginarybeing had any luck lol

 

the herd was located by cocksucker government officials and they slaughtered every one and every one tested negative for this disease

cocksucker government also refused to save sperm or eggs for possible future breeding

the woman is very shook up...it was her life's passion and now its been incinerated

 

only just saw this... so sorry for your friend and all the sheep... i doubt petition signing will be effective anyway... they have an agenda no doubt...

 

Dirty cocksuckin' bastards.....

I'm sorry to hear man, that's a damn shame.

Is there not a protected Endangered Species List in Canada? Or does the threat of disease trump protection?

 

Tried to sign--didn't work,but I see it doesnt matter now. Sure seems unreasonable -the way they conducted this. Maybe she can get a breeding pair and start over?

 

hey guys...thanks...i will pass on the concerns and try and get an update....my info was that she was very devastated by the whole thing

 

Would it be uncouth to point out that the animals in question are GMO?