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<blockquote data-quote="Jogeephus" data-source="post: 528156" data-attributes="member: 4362"><p>Update. Haven't bothered the immediate family with questions but did ask their first cousin how things were going. He said things are terrible. Seems the FBI/GBI are interogating them as though they may have intentionally poisoned there own feed. Asked if there were marital problems, enemies etc etc. He said they are sick of it. Said this is the worse thing that has ever happened to them and now they are treated like criminals. Also, seems the mill's attorneys' are now in on it and it sounds as though they are denying any responsibilty whatsoever. Said they don't use Temik in their mill and it couldn't have come from them so they are not liable.</p><p></p><p>So there are three scenarios:</p><p></p><p>1. A man comes home from work - (at a big cattle farm) and grabs a bag of feed and walks down the trough pouring the feed into the trough for some young cows he is fixing to breed. Cattle come up and eat. Cows begin to die. Cows die. He calls his family. They try to unbloat them but they all die. He calls the vet. They call the diagnostic lab. Turns out its temik in the feed. Other bags aren't tainted. Brand new bull they just bought dies too. Somewhere, somehow somebody poisoned a bag of feed. (How many of you have ever seen a torn bag at a feed store or a bag with duct tape covering a hole? Not saying this is what happened but are you concerned when you see this or is this a pretty common occurance)</p><p></p><p>2. Man comes home from work at a cattle farm. Sees his young cows nursing their calves and watches his newly bought bull checking the girls out. One of the cows looks at him cross-eyed and this pisses him off and he decides to poison his herd. He'll teach them who the boss is. Since prices are down and the cows are not insured, this is a sure fire way to get a tax deduction by writing off the loss of the entire herd. Heck fire, how hard is it to bottle feed 40 some odd calves? Who needs cows when there is milk replacer.</p><p></p><p>3. He decided to poison them to sue the feed company. Then why breed them. Why not wait till you wean the calves. Why not get registered cattle so you can make more. Why do it when the market is down?</p><p></p><p>Personally I can't see any scenario other than number 1. I feel sorry for them. Looks like they just lost as did my old employer who got the chicken feed that killed his quail. Those folks with the checkered past denied all liability in this as well even though the documentation proved otherwise. I guess it all goes to the Golden Rule. The one with the gold will always rule.</p><p></p><p>I hope this story changes for the better but I doubt it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jogeephus, post: 528156, member: 4362"] Update. Haven't bothered the immediate family with questions but did ask their first cousin how things were going. He said things are terrible. Seems the FBI/GBI are interogating them as though they may have intentionally poisoned there own feed. Asked if there were marital problems, enemies etc etc. He said they are sick of it. Said this is the worse thing that has ever happened to them and now they are treated like criminals. Also, seems the mill's attorneys' are now in on it and it sounds as though they are denying any responsibilty whatsoever. Said they don't use Temik in their mill and it couldn't have come from them so they are not liable. So there are three scenarios: 1. A man comes home from work - (at a big cattle farm) and grabs a bag of feed and walks down the trough pouring the feed into the trough for some young cows he is fixing to breed. Cattle come up and eat. Cows begin to die. Cows die. He calls his family. They try to unbloat them but they all die. He calls the vet. They call the diagnostic lab. Turns out its temik in the feed. Other bags aren't tainted. Brand new bull they just bought dies too. Somewhere, somehow somebody poisoned a bag of feed. (How many of you have ever seen a torn bag at a feed store or a bag with duct tape covering a hole? Not saying this is what happened but are you concerned when you see this or is this a pretty common occurance) 2. Man comes home from work at a cattle farm. Sees his young cows nursing their calves and watches his newly bought bull checking the girls out. One of the cows looks at him cross-eyed and this pisses him off and he decides to poison his herd. He'll teach them who the boss is. Since prices are down and the cows are not insured, this is a sure fire way to get a tax deduction by writing off the loss of the entire herd. Heck fire, how hard is it to bottle feed 40 some odd calves? Who needs cows when there is milk replacer. 3. He decided to poison them to sue the feed company. Then why breed them. Why not wait till you wean the calves. Why not get registered cattle so you can make more. Why do it when the market is down? Personally I can't see any scenario other than number 1. I feel sorry for them. Looks like they just lost as did my old employer who got the chicken feed that killed his quail. Those folks with the checkered past denied all liability in this as well even though the documentation proved otherwise. I guess it all goes to the Golden Rule. The one with the gold will always rule. I hope this story changes for the better but I doubt it. [/QUOTE]
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