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My lack of distrust in institutions grows every day but I hang onto hope and remind myself that I am on the right side of history both morally and ethically. Currently in Newfane, NY our local and wonderful farmed animal sanctuary, Asha’s Farm Sanctuary is under attack by the local animal farmers. The local farmers are utilizing death threats, harassment, slander and deformation of character, and cyber bullying and have threatened area feed stores to stop selling feed and straw to the sanctuary. The founder of the sanctuary, Tracy Murphy, is being accused of grand theft larceny for keeping two cows who wandered onto her property safe and fed while demanding that the NYS Trooper who verbally claimed to own them produce proof of ownership, which he was unable to do. The NYS Police then responded to each 911 call placed by Murphy as she was and continues to be terrorized by the animal farming community, sometimes not responding to her calls for 1 hour and 45 minutes. All Court proceedings will be held in Niagara County, home to the animal farmers and I wonder how a non biased court case is possible here. Tracy Murphy is one of the most hard working, moral and compassionate woman that I know and Clearly she is being used as a pawn to silence compassion for animals and to uphold the destructive forces of human supremacy. my trust in the law and in those who take the oath to protect the innocent has been destroyed yet I will continue my fight for animal liberation in a society that is rotting to the core.

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Wow I've heard about this case. I'm so sorry for this, Christine. Do you and Tracy have good lawyers? Is there anything I can. do to help? Have any journalists taken up your cause?

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Thank you Wayne. As time goes on we can see clearly that is is an attack on veganism and Asha’s Farm Sanctuary is being used as the pawn. She has a great team of local lawyers(she is confident in their handling of the case so this is huge), and is working on fundraising and hiring new employees for animal care. As far as a journalist, I do not believe that she has a specific journalist covering the case. Sentient Media wrote a piece. https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsentientmedia.org%2Fanimal-sanctuary-founder-jailed%2F&h=AT0vkek4V3PB0lxmkIbVqRSnKI6yjFkdkbtkFFrVB5lB3VNx2Pnm4ebjD8LK2CJxVnNfdioZ6SbHy-Zs0nsk2vtyGhVGdevgHLZYiFFFA7pJ_XOroMcL9xV8Rt-K7mheOihWzY2rHU-0&s=1

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Yes the wrong people are in the news for exposing America animal cruelty shame. What will it take to teach the US wrong from right to call the us a civilize country no civilize country would take another species and try to turn it into a machine and call themselves civilize nor would any who would steal the flesh of another species to sink its fangs into can be called civilized. The right word in savage behavior. The best people fit to live are the first people the America Indians. The America Indians lived in harmony with nature they did not try to control nature. Then came the white devils with the forked tongue killed the Buffalo to call the first people savages is another mistake America made. TOUCH THE EARTH a self Portrait of Indian Existence as follows We did not think of the great open plains, the beautiful rolling hills,and the winding streams with tangled growth, as wild. Only to the white man was nature a wilderness and only to him was the land infested with wild animals and savage people. To us it was tame. Earth was bountiful and we were surrounded with the blessings of the Great Mystery. Not until the hairy man from the east came and with brutal frenzy heaped injustices upon us and the families we loved was it wild for us. When the very animals of the forest began fleeing from his approach, then it was that for us the WILD WEST began. Chief Luther Standing Bear of the Oglala band of Sioux

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Thanks for sharing these thoughts. Agree completely that the anti-nature sentiment of Western thought is dangerous. Have you read Ishmael by Daniel Quinn?

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