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Animal Abuse And Neglect Biography
August 30, 2002, STATE BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH. RE: Animal abuse and neglect.
Warren E. Buhler DVM to Dr. Johnator, Swine Division:
On 29 August 02 I visited The farm of Mr. Bill Whitehead…The facility in question was built in 1950 and was a very modern hog finishing area for that era. He uses it now as an over flow feeding area. The structure was wood with a cement floor. The sleeping area was very adequate for the number of hogs being housed there. A cement slab out side of the covered area was used for feeding and watering. I could find no environmental problems coming from this facility and no more than normal odder from a swine finishing establishment. The animals all appeared to be healthy and happy.
NOTE: According to testimony by Kaye Whitehead (see deposition below), these animals remained in this condition until the end of September.
NOTE: At the end of August of 2002, Farm prices for hogs dropped to $0.24/pound, down from $0.37 in July. By the end of September prices were up again to $0.31.
October 12, 2002. My husband, Abel Alves, and I were on our way to a public event at the Reservoir. The hogs I had complained about were gone and the barn was cleaned up. Abel had never seen the barn. He thought I should have a picture showing the farmers had cleaned up -“to be fair.”
October 12, 2002: POLICE REPORT.
“The Blakneys are known by the Whiteheads as animal activists. They oppose any industrial farming including pork, beef, corn or wheat. They have been seen on the property in the past. The Whiteheads believe the Blakneys are capable of more extreme activism. They are part of group (Sierra Club) that has been suspected to burn barns in other parts of the state. It is believed that the Blakneys may be truing to make a case that Whiteheads are polluting White River. So for they have not been able to find any evidence that the Whiteheads are doing that. All tests that have been done have been negative. Whiteheads feel the Blakneys are frustrated that their allegations are false.
October 20, 2002 The Star Press: Activists target high-profile swine farm by Seth Slabaugh.
EXCERPTS: The farmers charged with violations have countered with a trespassing complaint against their accusers….“The local skirmish is part of a national battle between concentrated animal feeding operations, such as the Whiteheads’, and environmental and animal rights activists like Blakney and Alves. Kaye Whitehead suggests that acts of terrorism could result locally from such activism. Blakney, who referred to Whitehead as a “bully,” said Whitehead’s fears were mere “paranoia.” In August, Blakney filed a complaint with the Indiana Department of Environmental Management after driving by a barn full of hogs owned by the Whiteheads close to Delaware County Road 650-S. The sight of the “horribly filthy pigs” made her sick to her stomach, she said. “When I stopped the car to get out and look, they were spooked, and in dashing away fell and slid in their own feces and urine,” she said. Blakney has distributed a photo she took of the hogs. According to the Whiteheads, Blakney couldn’t have taken the photo without trespassing. Blakney also said she was alarmed by the proximity of the barn to Prairie Creek…… Blakney claimed the hogs in the barn were rolling in manure and feces, Whitehead said the matter was mud. Whitehead also said the state veterinarian inspected the hogs based on a complaint from Blakney and found them to be healthy and well-cared for.
December 2, 2002 Feedstuffs: Industry Insiders.
EXCERPTS: In August, activist Carol Blakney filed a complaint with the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) … the complaint led to an inspection on the farm in late September, and IDEM found two issues: 1) that an unpermitted structure was housing 150 market-weight hogs and 2) that there was a small amount of manure from the non-permitted barn that had pooled in a ditch…Kaye Whitehead said in retrospect, she would have asked IDEM to explain how it believed the manure –less than a small bucket full – got in the ditch in the first place, because it didn’t make sense that it came from the nearby barn. Although Blakney claimed the hogs in the barn were rolling in manure and feces, Kaye Whitehead said it was mud….The prosecuting attorney said he would pursue the case, said Kaye Whitehead, chairwomen of the Delaware County Farm Bureau and the Delaware County Republican Party and who has advised Sen. Richard Lugar on farm policy. Indiana Lt. Gov. Kernan last year presented the Whiteheads with a River Friendly Farmer award.
Animal Abuse And Neglect Biography
August 30, 2002, STATE BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH. RE: Animal abuse and neglect.
Warren E. Buhler DVM to Dr. Johnator, Swine Division:
On 29 August 02 I visited The farm of Mr. Bill Whitehead…The facility in question was built in 1950 and was a very modern hog finishing area for that era. He uses it now as an over flow feeding area. The structure was wood with a cement floor. The sleeping area was very adequate for the number of hogs being housed there. A cement slab out side of the covered area was used for feeding and watering. I could find no environmental problems coming from this facility and no more than normal odder from a swine finishing establishment. The animals all appeared to be healthy and happy.
NOTE: According to testimony by Kaye Whitehead (see deposition below), these animals remained in this condition until the end of September.
NOTE: At the end of August of 2002, Farm prices for hogs dropped to $0.24/pound, down from $0.37 in July. By the end of September prices were up again to $0.31.
October 12, 2002. My husband, Abel Alves, and I were on our way to a public event at the Reservoir. The hogs I had complained about were gone and the barn was cleaned up. Abel had never seen the barn. He thought I should have a picture showing the farmers had cleaned up -“to be fair.”
October 12, 2002: POLICE REPORT.
“The Blakneys are known by the Whiteheads as animal activists. They oppose any industrial farming including pork, beef, corn or wheat. They have been seen on the property in the past. The Whiteheads believe the Blakneys are capable of more extreme activism. They are part of group (Sierra Club) that has been suspected to burn barns in other parts of the state. It is believed that the Blakneys may be truing to make a case that Whiteheads are polluting White River. So for they have not been able to find any evidence that the Whiteheads are doing that. All tests that have been done have been negative. Whiteheads feel the Blakneys are frustrated that their allegations are false.
October 20, 2002 The Star Press: Activists target high-profile swine farm by Seth Slabaugh.
EXCERPTS: The farmers charged with violations have countered with a trespassing complaint against their accusers….“The local skirmish is part of a national battle between concentrated animal feeding operations, such as the Whiteheads’, and environmental and animal rights activists like Blakney and Alves. Kaye Whitehead suggests that acts of terrorism could result locally from such activism. Blakney, who referred to Whitehead as a “bully,” said Whitehead’s fears were mere “paranoia.” In August, Blakney filed a complaint with the Indiana Department of Environmental Management after driving by a barn full of hogs owned by the Whiteheads close to Delaware County Road 650-S. The sight of the “horribly filthy pigs” made her sick to her stomach, she said. “When I stopped the car to get out and look, they were spooked, and in dashing away fell and slid in their own feces and urine,” she said. Blakney has distributed a photo she took of the hogs. According to the Whiteheads, Blakney couldn’t have taken the photo without trespassing. Blakney also said she was alarmed by the proximity of the barn to Prairie Creek…… Blakney claimed the hogs in the barn were rolling in manure and feces, Whitehead said the matter was mud. Whitehead also said the state veterinarian inspected the hogs based on a complaint from Blakney and found them to be healthy and well-cared for.
December 2, 2002 Feedstuffs: Industry Insiders.
EXCERPTS: In August, activist Carol Blakney filed a complaint with the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) … the complaint led to an inspection on the farm in late September, and IDEM found two issues: 1) that an unpermitted structure was housing 150 market-weight hogs and 2) that there was a small amount of manure from the non-permitted barn that had pooled in a ditch…Kaye Whitehead said in retrospect, she would have asked IDEM to explain how it believed the manure –less than a small bucket full – got in the ditch in the first place, because it didn’t make sense that it came from the nearby barn. Although Blakney claimed the hogs in the barn were rolling in manure and feces, Kaye Whitehead said it was mud….The prosecuting attorney said he would pursue the case, said Kaye Whitehead, chairwomen of the Delaware County Farm Bureau and the Delaware County Republican Party and who has advised Sen. Richard Lugar on farm policy. Indiana Lt. Gov. Kernan last year presented the Whiteheads with a River Friendly Farmer award.
Animal Abuse And Neglect
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Animal Abuse And Neglect
Animal Abuse And Neglect
Animal Abuse And Neglect
Animal Abuse And Neglect
Animal Abuse And Neglect
Animal Abuse And Neglect
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Animal Abuse And Neglect
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