1848":3lqyijze said:Call out the Soil conservation guy or the office which deals with water runoff in your area. They may want to see what waterways that "excess" residue is going into...and encourage him to clean it up a little...or at least do some dirt work. Remember, there are requirements for contamination of deep wells and the like, especially if there is an aquafer near by. With ground water, wells and septic lines, there are laws and regulations with help prevent possible contaminants from getting into them, and can only be within so many feet of these things. It's a thought.
All good suggestions here.
There is more than one way to get the owner to pay attention and resolve the issues he created.
Call your local Board of Health as well.
Sometimes they can do more and have more authority than the local SPCA.
With all this increased attention on ill/downer cows... I would *think* that with Mad Cow being the concern of the nation and these cows looking poor--that a posse of Health/Ag/SPCA officials would be out there soon after you called them.
Drop some dimes, make some phone calls and get things moving--for the animals sake.
You may also request a "progress report" from the authorites that you call. As a tax payer you have every right to know the progression of your complaint, and it will signal to them that you are SERIOUS about immediate action being taken.
Trust me on this one.
Let us know what happens,