Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 23, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba A8 local inn Iii i Iii March 2001 disease puts sheep Farmers lives on hold Phil hid Mic Winnipeg free press sheep and Spring lambs wander on the Davis farm near Dominion Federal Agency destroys animals after handful test positive for scrapie Phil a Ossek Winnipeg free press Amar Davis adjusts a Lamb held by her son Richard while daughter Miriam t Centre everything for the bridal party graduate incredible selection of the very latest bridal and accessories t by Leah Hendry and Alexandra Paul free years ago Marie and George Sarrasin lost their House and farm in the off prices Winnipeg first fashion fabric store shop Early for Best selection Sale ends March j 255 Vaughan near Graham Centre 9438523 open they started Over just outside Dominion a Little North of the and slowly built up a flock of now they have lost nearly 200 of the Sarrasino sheep were destroyed by the Canada food inspection Agency after a few tested positive for Many of the mothers were Only five weeks away from giving we were almost ready to Start making some Money and were encouraged that our work was paying Marie Sarrasin now its a total its very the Agency has slaughtered More than sheep in six flocks in Southeastern Manitoba after the disease was found in a handful of in the last two farms in Vermont made global headlines when 234 infected sheep imported from Europe had to be a second flock also thought to carry the disease will be rounded up in the presence of scrapie is fairly theres less than 10 known infected animals in the six Southeastern Manitoba flocks and the is a reflection of the conservative approach we Are said George chief Veteri Narian for the Canadian food inspection we dont have live animal testing for scrapie so we Slaughter All the unlike mad cow which can infect peo ple with a fatal brain scrapie affects Only sheep and called transmissible spongiform the group of diseases attack the Central nervous they Are fatal and cause a spongy degeneration of the brain in the stricken in scrapie is believed to be passed on to Newborn lambs during birth but a lengthy incubation period Means symptoms dont show up for As Long As two the Only Way scrapie is detected is if a Farmer finds dead sheep or sick animals that cant walk without losing their balance or have the mad As Farmers Call the the Agency policy Calls for the extermination of entire flocks after two or More infected sheep Are the Agency compensates Farmers for the Market value of each sheep up to a maximum value of Amar Davis had close to 70 sheep killed two weeks including 12 it was very hard to hand Over the Davis i lost a lot of but Davis rebounded she bought 95 More sheep from Saskatchewan a few Days later after she burned Down one removed the cleaned the Sheds with tanks of disinfectant and got the of from the Federal the garrisons didst fare As their farm was quarantined in August but the animals we rent destroyed until Christmas they had to feed and care for the animals for four but received no compensation from the no one wants to lend us Money to Start said Marie our name has now been blacklisted because we cant pay our Eric the president of the Manitoba sheep says the disease wont be completely eradicated until live testing is available and sheep producers Start to record the identification and movement of until producers get a better compensation pack there will be a reluctance to delve into this too Thornhill people dont want to keep records because it will hit a lot of innocent people who May have flocks that never had the my t Watt Man finale w dry Tom fully it away weekly Royal buyback Srp emf Aste Waverley at Bishop Grandin in the Auto mall of Manitoba 6615337 Call for a free confidential credit Check Eastwood Bishop Granchi Large selection of used Ford and Chevy 4x4s and 4x2s death in Cruiser second in week ramp driving Man to Hospital a 46yearold Lac do Bonnet area Man died in the Back of an ramp Cruiser wednesday night while being Given a ride to Hospital in it was the second such death in a ramp spokesman Steve Saunders said the ramp major crime Section is reviewing both the whose name has not been had called a crisis hotline about two hours earlier saying he needed the Lac Dubonnet detachment was notified and officers were sent out to meet the Man at his about 13 Kilometres Northwest of the members met with the subject and they persuaded him to go to Pinawa Hospital so his medical needs could be dealt Lac Dubonnet staff Mel Mitchell there was no medical condition that was outwardly we were just giving him a when the patrol car arrived at the the officers were unable to Rouse the Hospital staff were unable to resuscitate him and he was pronounced dead shortly after 8 Mitchell said an autopsy yesterday indicated no specific cause of police Are awaiting toxicology and alcohol screening its believed the dead Man had been drink ing heavily before calling the crisis the victims father said Hes in Shock Over the death of his youngest the who lived was an outfitter who guided american the death follows a similar one near Swan River a week ago a 25yearold woman died after choking on her vomit in the Back of police Cruiser while on the Way to the Swan River Valley during a Stop near police discovered Viola con Tois was not they rushed her the 14 Kilometres to the but she did not respond to treatment and was pronounced her family has criticized police for not summoning medical assistance immediately after they found her passed out in a Gas station washroom in Johanna director of the provincial medical exam Iners said under an inquest is mandatory Only when the deceased was in police o staff expects to be out a Long time the 200 workers locked out by Dominion tanners expect to be walking the picket line for a Long Don spokesman with the United food and com Mercial local said the company essentially forced the workers out when it offered senior workers a 10 per cent wage this is going to be a Long said the Mem Bers knew that when they the employees voted on the company offer wednesday and were locked out at Keith didst anticipate the company would bring in replacement this time of year Dominion generally lays off Many said Only about 100 of the 200 employees were actively working at the company when the lockout no one from Dominion tanners was available for t ;