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Permalink Reply by cowgirl on April 17, 2012 at 5:45am

This is yet another attack on people trying to raise a heritage breed.  It is not that different from Monsanto's plant wars.  Michigan is also the state where some farmers were forced to RFID chip cattle in 2009 even though the NAIS never passed.  I hope  people do make that phone call today...pretty soon the only food choices we have left are going to come from Agribusinesses.  

The other point I would like to make is that yet again, they are using the theory that they are 'protecting' us..against rampaging 'wild' pigs.  Sometimes it is against the spread of disease..yet it is rarely pointed out that the factory farming and processing contaminates a much larger specimen of the food supply than if one cow from a small farm has an infection.   I could go on and on here..but am going to use my time to make some phone calls later today!  

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Permalink Reply by suzie on April 17, 2012 at 6:28pm

:( just makes me so sad .. how this can go on in our country a once free and unique place, we look more like communist Russia every day.. 

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Permalink Reply by Levi B. on April 17, 2012 at 6:33pm

These are the same people who want and our going to move Plum Island to the middle of Kansas Farmland..So sad,but more reason to fight em til we hit the grave!!!

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Permalink Reply by NewAmericaNow on April 17, 2012 at 7:31pm

When will people realize that they MUST use deadly force against ANY armed individuals infringing on their rights?

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Permalink Reply by paricia on April 19, 2012 at 4:11pm

this truth is becomming more evident with each day in this country...

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Permalink Reply by richard terrence on April 17, 2012 at 8:13pm

Check to see if these agencies are private companies (on Dunn and Bradstreet/ start with Manta. The same goes for your city and county and state governments... all private companies...  See the Clearfield Doctrine as well. They do not have territorial jurisdiction except upon land that they own. They also do not have in personam jurisdiction unless you are stupid enough to call yourself a US citizen (means a 14th Amendment citizen who has NO unalienable OR inalienable rights.)The original de jure governments were replaced by these imposters during the second half of the 19th Century. All fraud. A ruse that has been perpetrated by the bankster elites and their own mafia. Further, farmers need to get together in county militias and be ready to confront the gangsters. It is time to stop messing around with the criminals calling themselves (illegitimately) the 'government'. Whether of your local town or even the Federal Corporation.

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Permalink Reply by Less Prone on April 18, 2012 at 12:55pm

Protect our traditional rights to farm
http://nonais.org/

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Permalink Reply by Central Scrutinizer on April 19, 2012 at 4:44pm

all the complaining and bitching in the world is pointless, hasn't anybody noticed that IT DOESN'T MATTER TO THESE CRIMINALS!!! Has it stopped ANYTHING?? Nobody can stop this apparently, I mean nobody's getting arrested, nobody's getting indicted, they are fearless because they have 700 mill + rounds of Ammo and the Law is toilet paper to them. Think about it...has anybody seen any of these Criminals on The Hill get into any litigation??? NO...Clinton should have been axed...didn't happen....The Incompetent One should have been axed...he didn't...Cheney & Rummy should be hanged for various criminal activities....they haven't......The current Bastard Usurper should not only be removed, but immediately taken out back and shot for the 100's of crimes this buttmunch has done to us....he won't be touched.

Internet petitions are a joke, writing your state reps is a joke, occupy movements fail, sites like PP just spread fear, bitch about it, and offer no solutions.

My point being is that all this bitching and complaining will get us no where, the evil fuchs are impervious to US law, or they'll just change it so we're the ones guilty. No lawyers wanna touch this mess, Joe Arpaio can't find anyone who is actually honest on The Hill to hand over his evidence that Barry's a fake ass punk.

Futile Folks

Afraid we're going to need a more effective action against the Criminals on The Hill!!!!!

or roll over and take the DHS ass pounding like the subservient slaves they want us to be.

just my .27¢

~Peas Out

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Permalink Reply by Slow Poke on April 21, 2012 at 12:02pm

Not that I believe it, but here is the DNR reply to this.  You decide....

From: DNR-Director

Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 1:11 PM

Subject: RE: "Feral" pigs

 

False rumors are circulating about the manner in which the Michigan Department of Natural Resources is enforcing a 2010 Invasive Species Order declaring a certain species of swine prohibited in Michigan.

We’d like to set the record straight.

There have been no raids on properties. Since April 1, when active enforcement of the order began, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources has conducted inspections on game ranches and breeding facilities throughout Michigan. These facilities have in the past have been known to possess prohibited swine. The inspections are conducted by trained Wildlife personnel and conservation officers. The vast majority of these inspections have been conducted with the consent of property owners.

The DNR has not violated anyone's constitutional rights.  The DNR has followed the law, the Michigan Constitution and United States Constitution in all its enforcement actions.  Every inspection starts with a request for voluntary access to inspect the facility.  If access is not voluntarily granted, the DNR seeks a court-issued inspection warrant or a court order.  The DNR has been denied access to property on two occasions. In one case, the DNR sought and received an administrative inspection warrant to legally search the Deer Tracks Ranch in Fife Lake, Michigan. No prohibited swine were found at that property. In the other case, the DNR initiated a civil complaint against the Renegade Ranch Hunting Preserve in Cheboygan County, Michigan. DNR obtained a temporary restraining order from the court that provided access to the property to conduct an inspection. That litigation is ongoing.

The DNR has not arrested anybody in enforcing the order. The DNR will continue to work with property owners on a voluntary basis wherever possible.

The DNR has killed no swine in enforcing the order. To date, the DNR has inspected only hunting ranches and breeding facilities that supply swine to hunting ranches.  These animals are typically possessed and raised to be hunted.. Property owners have had 15 months since the Invasive Species Order was first put in place to plan for complying with the order. The DNR sought throughout that period to work with property owners who had prohibited swine, and even found out-of-state buyers for some prohibited swine. Property owners who have killed prohibited swine did so by their own choice and as an alternative to selling their animals prior to the April 1 enforcement deadline.

The Invasive Species Order is not an attack on farms. In fact, the order is intended to protect Michigan farms. The animals at issue are not traditional farm pigs. The Invasive Species Order prohibits a particular species, Sus scrofa Linnaeus, commonly known as Russian boars, Eurasian wild boars, or razorbacks. This species is the terrestrial equivalent of Asian carp. The swine are incredibly destructive omnivores that destroy wildlife habitat and carry diseases that threaten domestic hogs, other livestock, wildlife and people. The owners of heritage pigs are not affected unless they own a Russian boar or Eurasian wild boar or a hybrid of a Russian boar or Eurasian wild boar.

The Michigan Court of Appeals upheld the department’s issuance of the Invasive Species Order one month before enforcement began. Further, the Court of Appeals ruled that the department was required to list this species as a prohibited species, pursuant to its statutory obligations under Part 413 of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act.

Michigan residents who have questions about whether their swine are prohibited under the Invasive Species Order may contact the department.

For more information about the Invasive Species Order and to learn about the problem of feral swine in Michigan and nationwide, go to www.michigan.gov/feralswine.

Thank you for taking the time to learn the facts about this action.

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