The Iowa Natural Resource Commission appealed the Administrative Legal Judges ruling, for the 5 year quarantine on our 330 acres. The Administrative Legal Judge ruled that the Iowa DNR lacks jurisdiction to quarantine private property. Today, our legal counsel petitioned the DNR case to the District Court of Iowa.
The Iowa Department of Agriculture has requested an extension to close of business day on Wednesday to change their position of refusing to sign our herd plan and denying us our USDA indemnity unless we drop both lawsuits with the Ag Department and the DNR and agree to a 5 year quarantine on our 330 acre preserve property. Please see the attached letter from our legal counsel.
The Iowa Department of Agriculture has taken the position that the findings of CWD do not present a threat to the general welfare of Iowa and yet they think it appropriate to quarantine our bare land for 5 years with no compensation. We killed 225 of our own animals, paid for the testing, disposal and clean-up. Not to mention leaving our 400 whitetails quarantined for two years left only to be fed and die on our farm.
All in an effort to STOP the spread of CWD in the state of Iowa. So . . . . what are they intended to do about the CWD positive case found in the wild in our state this past winter?
This litigation is not about money, it is about right and wrong. If we are going to stop the spread of CWD everyone needs to partake in the activities not just deer farmers. Wildlife needs to step up to the plate, test 100% and quarantine those lands affected by CWD positives in the wild.
The Iowa Department of Agriculture has requested an extension to close of business day on Wednesday to change their position of refusing to sign our herd plan and denying us our USDA indemnity unless we drop both lawsuits with the Ag Department and the DNR and agree to a 5 year quarantine on our 330 acre preserve property. Please see the attached letter from our legal counsel.
The Iowa Department of Agriculture has taken the position that the findings of CWD do not present a threat to the general welfare of Iowa and yet they think it appropriate to quarantine our bare land for 5 years with no compensation. We killed 225 of our own animals, paid for the testing, disposal and clean-up. Not to mention leaving our 400 whitetails quarantined for two years left only to be fed and die on our farm.
All in an effort to STOP the spread of CWD in the state of Iowa. So . . . . what are they intended to do about the CWD positive case found in the wild in our state this past winter?
This litigation is not about money, it is about right and wrong. If we are going to stop the spread of CWD everyone needs to partake in the activities not just deer farmers. Wildlife needs to step up to the plate, test 100% and quarantine those lands affected by CWD positives in the wild.
but it would seem that the legal council for the state is knowingly acting outside of its legal boundaries and flirting with criminal wrong doing in its actions. Non relating to this case specifically, it truly seems that at every turn the American people are being squashed by an overbearing and unapologetic government. It just totally eats me up we pay for all this non-sense with our tax dollars. Best of luck to Rhonda and Tom.
