Folks, if you don't take the time to read through this then you can kiss your rights goodbye. You MUST stand up and be counted or move to another country. When you read the comment's from the below link it may just make you angered enough to take up arms. If you just sit on your duffs and do nothing then, PLEASE, unsubscribe to our newsletter.

As the 12 shotgun blasts rang out from the special pen that Cindi Henshaw reserved for her favorite pets, she sat in her living room and realized, "They just shot Cupid and Valentine."

Three weeks later, tears still well up when she tells about the pair of Russian boars she raised from infancy and that followed her around like dogs. Cupid and Valentine were in their pen September 14 when government agents shot them, wrapped chains around their 500-pound bodies and dragged them off, leaving behind a trail of blood.

Cindi's husband, Danny Henshaw, a former police officer who'd done undercover narcotics work, is a former nationally ranked bow-hunter who made hunting videos for a decade. The last thing he expected was to be arrested in a SWAT-style raid on his Buckingham County hunting preserve and to see his herd of Russian boars slaughtered by shotgun-toting state and federal officials.

It's official now: The protest against the USDA and for the HENSHAWS will be on Oct. 24th. Between 9 AM and 4 PM in Richmond Va.( that is the office that signed off on the raid) on the corner of E. Broad Street ( 1100) and Governor streets. Right across from the USDA offices.

We have 4 parking spaces for the RV so there will be a place for soft drinks, water, snacks and most importantly a bath room so we won't have to behave the way the USDA's people did at the Henshaws.

The rules of the protest are: No screaming and yelling, don't block traffic, don't harass people passing by, do not block the sidewalks. You can sit, stand, lay down, what ever but just don't impede the traffic lol... We have a cd of "We won't give up" which is going to be our song and will be playing, We have some signs made. We have flyers, but need some with a story of the Henshaws on one sheet. We have the slide show on Nais ready to go and a DVD player hooked up.

This may be our best chance to make the national news media take a look at NAIS and the USDA.. We need more than a few people. If the Illegal’s can muster thousands of people we should be able to get a couple of hundred at least wouldn't you think?

The RV will be completely done by then and ready to roll. I finished the grim reaper and America for sale today and it is looking good, just a few more logos to put up there and it is done.

We will need some help with the water, snacks etc so anyone coming please bring a cooler or something to share. Bottled water goes fast at one of these things..

NOW HOW MANY CAN GET AWAY FROM THEIR ANIMALS FOR ONE DAY TO HELP INSURE ALL OF OUR FREEDOM?

Sue has a post card campaign going on and that should be started right away so all the cards are delivered on the 23rd.. let them know we are coming for them.

Please cross post this on all of the groups you are on. We need people to stand with us and make it count. Just the fuel alone will cost approximately $400 so don't let us waste that money. Help us any way you are able.. Start calling radio stations, newspapers, tv stations in that area and lets get their attention.

Sue Beaulieu Game Fowl News Staff Writer

On Wednesday October 11th at 3 p.m. there will be a hearing at the Pinellas County Courthouse, 324 South Fort Harrison, Clearwater, Florida - Room 4.

This is a hearing on the disposition of the birds that were confiscated in Kenneth City and which are being held by the Pinellas County SPCA. The owner of the birds has not been formally charged with any crime! We must support her during this travesty of justice.

Please write, call and fax – these birds must be returned to their rightful owner. If possible, attend the meeting.

Please address your letters with the following information.

Please join the Florida Cockatiel Confiscation e-mail list for updates. The files section contains sample letters and additional information.

<P>What can happen to one of us, can happen to any of us.

This is an ongoing investigation. Meeting dates have changed during the past few days and could change again. Join the e-mail list to stay tuned.

Please review this petition and if you agree with it, as GFN does, please take the time to sign it.

The National Animal ID program was originally designed to give the big beef producers help in getting export markets which required disease controls. The idea is that every single livestock animal in the United States will be identified and tagged. All livestock animal movements will be tracked, logged and reported to the government. The benefit is to the big factory farms who probably do need this type of regulation. They get to do single ID’s for large groups of animals. Small farmers, pet owners and homesteaders will have to tag and track every single animal.

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