Farmed and Dangerous - CFIA Destroys a Shepherds Life and Her Rare SheepHeather Callaghan They killed her pregnant ewes to find out if they were healthy. ???? Worse yet, after a house raid, CFIA is convicting her and others in the same boat like Michael Schmidt for conspiracy among other criminal offenses. She faces 12 years in jail and $1.5 million in fines! The above incidents stem from a CFIA claim three years ago that a ewe she sold years further back had scrapie. Hearsay. No signs, no symptoms, for a disease that poses no harm to humans but they killed her ewes anyway. After death, tests came back negative as Montana knew they would. Montana writes: Apparently, there are only less than 100 of these sheep left in Canada! Montana is actually doing a great service to Canada by preserving their bloodline for no profit, but CFIA seems intent on wiping them off the earth and erasing biodiversity. Calling out a disease or bacteria (like crying Wolf!) is a common M.O. of the FDA and previous cases of CFIA where they killed hundreds of rare goats and sheep that of course later tested healthy. Why do they kill first, ask questions later? Why are small farms expected to fork over years of hard labor and valuable animals when large-scale corporate farms get the green light even if caught abusing animals or when their food sickens a lot of people? In fact, they lobby Congress for laws to make sure no one finds out negative practices and to paint animal activists as terrorists. Unfortunately, when word gets out for testing, people dont want to do business with the farm at least when it comes to scrapie, a rareoccurrence. No income forquarantined farms. Well-known farmer activist Joel Salatin of PolyfaceFarms lent his support by submitting a letter for CFIA to read: She cant take the destruction andharassment.The loss and the legal fees for her upcoming criminal trial will put her out of her farm and home she reaches out for help (see below). In just a few days an outpouring of support helped her reach $35,000 of a $50K goal. She continues to update and thank those that have helped her, adding: Isnt it also interesting that right around the same time America targets their heritage breeds, Canada places theirs in the cross-hairs? Mark Baker of Bakers Green Acres is a well-known American example. The DNR working with other Michigan agencies (and obviously the Pork Producers) went on a heritage pig rampage (Kill the pigkill the pig) but Bakers wouldnt destroy them or let them. So the USDA and DNR made sure that they could do nothing with them by blocking them from taking them to slaughter. So friends had to come over to do it and it was given away to the hungry. And of course, feeding the homeless in America is a big no-no now. How you can help her and please spread the word: Legal Defense Farm Fund Submit a letter of support and sample letter to Canadian government: Petition: More info: Read other articles by Heather Callaghan Young Student Answers Organic Debate With Fruit Flies 