I encourage everyone to write up an original letter to Mr. Richard
Dufour, District Attorney for Marquette County, regarding the situation
of the remaining 32 goats belonging to Fausto F. Florez - Reference DA
Case # 2003MQ000182
Go to http://wcca.wicourts.gov.
for the charges
April 2, 2003
24 dead goats/sheep found in a pile, later the carcasses were burned
by the defendant. Cause of death determined by vet to be starvation. 32
still alive and being fed, over the fence, by neighbors, who are not
allowed access to the defendants property (they are doing a great job
considering they have to conceal their efforts from the defendant and
yes they are very much afraid of him.) Yes, for an entire month good
people risked a great deal to do the right thing. APPLAUSE !!!!!!! May
5, 2003 a court order was obtained to allow law-enforcement officials to
feed and water the animals.
Mr. Dufour needs to hear from as many people as possible
by the defendant's initial appearance on May 19th. According to law
enforcement the judge can rule a number of different ways and impose a
number of different conditions on Mr. Florez' bond.
Ideally we would like to see the remaining animals
removed from the hazardous, junkyard surroundings of Mr. Florez'
property (barbed wire, stacked aluminum panels, large wads of fence
wire, old vehicles and farm machinery) and placed in the care of
qualified rescue and humane organizations who would ensure they are
properly cared for at no cost to the taxpayer. Columbia County Humane
Society has offered to assist the Marquette County Sheriff's Dept. in
the care of the animals. Marquette County Sheriff's Dept. has declined
their assistance and prefers to purchase the feed and contract the
services with area farmers until the May 19 hearing, when the court will
decide what conditions should be placed on Mr. Florez.
Because the County chooses to incur expenses, rather
than use free services offered by humane related organization, the
possibility exists that Marquette County will be considering selling the
animals at livestock auction to pay for the costs. This idea has already
been suggested by Chief Deputy Kim Gaffney of Marquette County as one of
the possibilities. We need to convince the District Attorney that
allowing humane organizations to help the animals is the best solution
for the animals and the people who have sacrificed for their care over
the past 5 weeks. Once the bills are accumulated I'm afraid the animals
will pay for it with their lives. The mentality here is that these are
only "livestock" and somehow not significant.
The District Attorney for Marquette County is Richard Dufour, his
email address is as follows:
[email protected]
Marquette County District Attorney
Richard Dufour
PO Box 396 Montello,
WI 53949
608-297-9136 ext. 228
Keep your heads on this one guys, I nearly lost mine today with the
Deputy and it didn't help the situation. Polite letters only, please.
Joy Waterbury TriCounty Animal Shelter Volunteer
Go on to Help Black
Beauty Ranch to Rescue Donkeys
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