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So I load a freemartin heifer on the neighbour's bumper hitch trailer to take to the butcher shop this morning. The trailer is solid, lights all work but the brakes don't.

Get down there and the butcher sticks his head out the door and says Is it all tagged up? The big guy's here today. Yup, she's tagged I said.

I put one in last night so I wouldn't forget this morning.

Chased her off and into the holding pen. Nice shiny heifer, could have been fatter but I had two customers that wanted leaner meat this time so it's all good. The CFIA chappie is looking her over and it's all good.

I go to leave and he looks at his clipboard and says Are you on the list?

I go instantly hostile and get right into his face and says WHAT LIST? He's taller than me but backed off a step. So, my hearing being kinda poor right then, I step up a step. In case his hearing's bad too.

He says The Humane Transport List. I says to him NO, I'M NOT ON THE LIST I TORTURE THEM ALL THE WAY HERE JUST TO MAKE THEIR LIVES MISERABLE BEFORE WE KILL THEM . . .

For some reason he seems to get the idea that he's got a real lively one here.

He quietly goes on to explain his humane transport crap and I explain to him that I come here twice a year with beef to butcher and that's it. He looks in the trailer and there's a foot of fresh straw in the bottom. He looks at the sides of the trailer and it's all good and good paint. Looks at the trailer license and back at his "list". So I said IT'S NOT EVEN MY TRAILER - I BORROW IT TWICE A YEAR TO BRING BEEF HERE TO BUTCHER.

He looks back at the trailer and said Looks good to me.

Luckiest thing he said all day. bureaucrats.
 
CFIA - Canadian Food Inspection Agency. I am in Ontario. I have no idea what the list is about. My neighbour whose trailer I borrowed said they show up occasionally at the assembly yard where they deliver their market hogs and count how many hogs are in their trailer, usually suggest hauling less . . .
 
yep sounds about right , dam CFIA , the stock contractor we feed for said he got stop by one of those guy , said looks like you got to many on your trailer , Jim said go head and take a look , the fella stuck his nose near the trailer and a bull blew snought back at him , he replied oh I think your alright , Jim said he couldn't stop laughing all day .
 
Thanks- I was concerned this was some more unconstitutional BS slipped in in the dead of the night by obama and company that just took effect the first of the year or something! :( :( :(

It's sad that I even had to ask!

Is there any kind of a Freedom movement going on up there or do you all just let them tell you what to do? Do you have any recourse against injustice?
 
He looks back at the trailer and said Looks good to me.

Luckiest thing he said all day. bureaucrats.
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So you were going to whip a government agent burnt? Man, you're salty. :wink: I love it.

It won't be long and we'll have the same kind of fun here in the U.S. But I think Pamela Anderson will be the one doing the checking, since she just got the nod as PETA's person of the year. :nod:
 
Na burnt you aren't on THAT list. We're both on the OTHER list. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

You need to post that on Agri-ville. Then watch the sparks fly.

Lonecowboy, there is a movement going on up here, don't worry about that. :wink:
 
When us Brand Inspectors were re-labelled Livestock Inspectors and updated on legislation changes for Alberta, we were told to keep our eyes open for inhumane treatment and such. When I asked questions about how far we're supposed to take it, the answers went from black vs. white to several mysterious shades of gray. I have approached people at auctions markets when the animals are stacked 2 deep in their trailer, but I make the point clear that I am doing it as another concerned producer, since it's not officially in my job description as a Livestock Inspector.

That said, I have yet to see ANYONE from CFIA spend a day at the receiving shacks at any of the 3 markets in my area. There are girls that travel around with a laptop helping people register their RFID tags, but certainly no one checking trailers.

We butcher almost weekly, and the only time I've spoken to a CFIA inspector at the butcher's is when he thought a steer was missing a tag. He questioned me on it and how we age verify, I told him nothing leaves the farm until it dies, so why tag until they're leaving our "Registered Premise"? Less chance of them losing the damn $3 tag.

There are times when someone needs to step in to stop animal cruelty, but to start "Humane Transport Lists" and such is just more lunacy dressed up as job creation, biosecurity and traceability.
 
Sounds like a good start to the day Burnt. Good for you for telling it like it is, these naive, heavyhanded bureaucraps need to know that we are usually more concerned about our livestock's welfare than they are.
 
HP - I wouldn't have physically whipped him (couldn't have if I'd tried, he was a big man :) ) but there are times when a physical beating could be more welcome than the verbal kind. And I'm not salty, just kinda pissed off. Losing money since BSE hit will do that to ya, especially when it was THE CFIA'S FAULT THAT IT GOT HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE :mad: . And then they want to try to tell me how to haul my own cattle?

Gcreek, this heifer was bucket fed and hand raised from a baby because my son brought it home from the dairy where he works. They used to just knock the twin freemartins on the head there. So, yeah, we do care for our cattle, she was actually like a pet.

What makes me so upset is that we are constantly developing more and more layers of completely useless bureaucracy that make big money and produce ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. And guess where the money for their paychecks comes from? And when they retire WE STILL KEEP ON PAYING THEIR FAT PENSIONS.

And it's bad enough when they quietly exist in some god-forsaken government building off in the city, but when they come out and get in my face when they have absolutely no business doing it THEN I GET MAD MAD MAD.

It's no wonder that some civilizations degenerate into anarchy at some point. I'm not into anarchy but I hate when some useless piece of crap can get into my space and he has more clout than I can ever counteract. Those boys can really put a hurt on you if they decide to. There's an old saying "you can't fight city hall" but I'm saying don't push me too far.

Golly going by this rant, I should maybe get my blood pressure checked.

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burnt said:
HP - I wouldn't have physically whipped him (couldn't have if I'd tried, he was a big man :) ) but there are times when a physical beating could be more welcome than the verbal kind. And I'm not salty, just kinda p****d off. Losing money since BSE hit will do that to ya, especially when it was THE CFIA'S FAULT THAT IT GOT HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE :mad: . And then they want to try to tell me how to haul my own cattle?

Gcreek, this heifer was bucket fed and hand raised from a baby because my son brought it home from the dairy where he works. They used to just knock the twin freemartins on the head there. So, yeah, we do care for our cattle, she was actually like a pet.

What makes me so upset is that we are constantly developing more and more layers of completely useless bureaucracy that make big money and produce ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. And guess where the money for their paychecks comes from? And when they retire WE STILL KEEP ON PAYING THEIR FAT PENSIONS.

And it's bad enough when they quietly exist in some god-forsaken government building off in the city, but when they come out and get in my face when they have absolutely no business doing it THEN I GET MAD MAD MAD.

It's no wonder that some civilizations degenerate into anarchy at some point. I'm not into anarchy but I hate when some useless piece of crap can get into my space and he has more clout than I can ever counteract. Those boys can really put a hurt on you if they decide to. There's an old saying "you can't fight city hall" but I'm saying don't push me too far.

Golly going by this rant, I should maybe get my blood pressure checked.

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But, but, but how do you really feel? :lol: :lol: :lol:
 
Kato said:
Na burnt you aren't on THAT list. We're both on the OTHER list. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

You need to post that on Agri-ville. Then watch the sparks fly.

Lonecowboy, there is a movement going on up here, don't worry about that. :wink:
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I get the distinct feeling that easterners aren't all that welcome on "Angriville". :wink: Second class farmers in Ontario, you know.
 
burnt said:
Kato said:
Na burnt you aren't on THAT list. We're both on the OTHER list. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

You need to post that on Agri-ville. Then watch the sparks fly.

Lonecowboy, there is a movement going on up here, don't worry about that. :wink:
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I get the distinct feeling that easterners aren't all that welcome on "Angriville". :wink: Second class farmers in Ontario, you know.
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There are second class citizens in all provinces in Agriville. Still is a pretty good place for info. Ranchers does encompass a wider variety of folks.
 
Not so much that there are second class citizens, but the fact that those of us outside of the United Republic of Alberta live on the fringe. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

All the more reason to pipe up and remind everyone that we're still out here. :wink:
 

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