HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2013-01-24, Page 10PAGE 10. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2013.OLA addresses OSPCA Act with meeting
Who polices the police?
Cindy Moyer, president of the Huron County Landowners
Association, was one of several speakers to take centre
stage at an Ontario Landowners Association meeting held
at the Brussels, Morris and Grey Community Centre
focusing on the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals (OSPCA) Act and the power the society’s agents
have. (Denny Scott photo)
Blindsided
John Nyenhuis, shown here, found himself on the wrong
end of an Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals (OSPCA) investigation after taking some pigs to be
slaughtered. The farmer, who, according to veterinarian
Marty Misener, did everything as humanely and correctly as
possible in his mind, ended up settling out of court.
However, he still has to deal with the fallout from the legal
proceedings every day on his farm. Nyenhuis explained
how he came to be charged and what his life is like now
during an Ontario Landowners Association Meeting at the
Brussels, Morris and Grey Community Centre last week.
(Denny Scott photo)
The Huron County Landowners
Association (HLA) and the Ontario
Landowners Association (OLA)
welcomed nearly 300 concerned
citizens to a panel discussion about
the Ontario Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
(OSPCA) Act and the far-reaching
powers it bestows upon the charity.
Featuring voices from the farm,
legal council, veterinary fields, the
provincial government, the OSPCA
itself and the two host associations,
the meeting, held at the Brussels,
Morris and Grey Community
Centre, focused on the OSPCA’s
officers and investigators and the
rights they employ.
Most of the comments made were
against the current incarnation of
the OSPCA and the discussion was
led by John Nyenhuis, a porkfarmer
from Sebringville.
Nyenhuis explained how he was
put in a situation where, despite
being what he felt was humane as
possible, he still found himself at
the centre of an investigation by the
OSPCA that led to charges being
laid against him. As a result of the
investigation, he settled the charges
out of court after months of
scrutiny.
Even though the legal action has
run its course, Nyenhuis said the
event has had a lasting impact on his
farm practices and his family.
Nyenhuis told his story as he
believed the fewer families that
have to go through what he went
through, the better.
While delivering pigs from his
farm to Metzger Meats, Nyenhuis
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