Why have I not read about this on my goat groups? Carolyn
--- In CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com, JoyfulHeartsFarm@... wrote:
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> Dear Friends,
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> Help Support Joyful Hearts Farm's Legal Defense Fund
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> Neighbors have complained that our Livestock Guardian dogs bark too much
> and the Riverside County Animal Service (RCAS) held an Administrative
> Hearing and ruled that our guardian dogs are a public nuisance. The California
> Right to Farm Act (CA Civil Code Section 3482.5) protects farmers in this
> type of situation. However, the Hearing Officer did not agree with the State
> Law. The Hearing Officer acknowledged the Right to Farm Act for crop
> farmers and their implements used in farming, such as tractor noise, but not
> farmers of livestock who use Livestock Guardian Dogs, which is a common farm
> practice in this country.
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> Please help us raise enough money for our Appeal to the California
> Superior Court!
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> To learn more about this time sensitive situation, please click on the
> link below:
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> _http://joyfulheartsfarm.chipin.com/joyful-hearts-farm-lgd-legal-fund_
> (http://joyfulheartsfarm.chipin.com/joyful-hearts-farm-lgd-legal-fund)
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> This is not just "our" fight ~ but will impact any livestock or poultry
> farmer, who depends on Livestock Guardian Dogs to protect their herds and
> flocks from predation, especially in California. If they can complain about our
> working dogs, and the Right to Farm Act isn't going to be applied to
> livestock farmers, what will stop neighbors from complaining against other farm
> noises, or forms of guardians, such as donkeys, etc.?
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> Thank you so much!
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> Fern & Jeff
> _www.JoyfulHeartsFarm.com_ (http://www.joyfulheartsfarm.com/)
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CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com
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