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Watchdog Organization Asks USDA To Fine PCC For Animal Deaths
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Please LEVY a MAXIMUM FINE against Portland Community College for their blatant disregard of the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) when their negligence allowed four lambs and two calves to die unnecessarily. Their behavior must NOT be tolerated and MUST be punished to the fullest extent of the law.
Watchdog Organization Asks USDA To Fine PCC For Animal
Deaths
From Meerah Powell, OPB.org, September 10, 2019
The national watchdog organization, Stop Animal Exploitation NOW! (SAEN),
filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Agriculture urging the
department to issue a maximum fine of $60,000 against Portland Community
College after the deaths of six animals on its property.
The USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service called Portland
Community College' Rock Creek Campus farm facilities "critical" in a
routine inspection last month.
The farm houses multiple animals for the school's vet tech program,
according to PCC's website.
The USDA's report states that since October 2018, four lambs were killed by
predators, thought to be coyotes, at the farm. SAEN's complaint also
outlines a set of twin calves that died earlier in 2018. The USDA's report
states the calves were born small and weak and that the farm manager
initiated care to the animals immediately, including tube feeding them. He
notified the "Attending Veterinarian" the next day. The calves later
developed swollen joints and died despite antibiotic treatments.
SAEN argues more prompt medical care should have been given to the animals.
"It is obscene that Portland Community College's negligence has now killed
six infant animals in just over a year," SAEN co-founder Michael Budkie said
in a news release. "This fatal negligence must be punished."
In a statement from PCC, the school said it regularly receives inspections
from the USDA and is working with the agency's wildlife services to prevent
further animal loss.
"In all cases of animal predation deaths, PCC has reported these incidents
diligently and promptly to its USDA inspector and responded quickly to adopt
increasingly stringent anti-predator measures," the statement said. "Each
death was followed up by a review of the farm facility's program according
to best practice documents pertaining to wild predator loss prevention."
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