Monday, April 16,
2012 |
(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
See our previous report on this subject at:
http://www.naturalnews.com/035372_Michigan_pigs_farm_freedom.html
And hear my interview with Mark Baker, who runs one of the farms to be targeted
by the Michigan government, at:
http://tv.naturalnews.com/v.asp?v=67C793DC0503D209399C21450485DA07
The ISO also deems farmers who raise these pigs to be felons, and DNR officials were ready to make arrests on the scene
and haul away these farmers to be prosecuted as hardened criminals.
"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
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
"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:
"I was served a search warrant yesterday at 7: 45am. I have killed all
my hogs. [DNR] 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 5 lbs 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." (www.BakersGreenAcres.com)
One of the raids targeted Ron McKendrick of Renegade
Ranch in
Another raid was conducted against the farm of Dave Tuxberry.
He's the man who was forced to shoot all his own pigs before DNR agents
arrived, in order to avoid being arrested as a felon.