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Appalled At Haven Under Siege
Editor,
Having walked my daughter to the Saunders farm on a near daily basis since her birth six years ago, and having depended on the hospitality of the barn, in all seasons for its beauty, its shelter, for the warm smell of horses, for the little lambs I am appalled to find this haven under siege. We have sung Christmas carols, cooed over Spring lambs, danced in the summer moonlight, and never never have I witnessed anything like the conditions described in the inflammatory article published in this paper on July 26.
That said, if someone should report a grievance, isn't there is a process involving a visit from an agency like the Cornell Agricultural Extension, during which recommendations for remediation are made? And why are such intermediary efforts, which are so clearly designed to benefit the animals, absent from this case? How is it that, on the strength of one grievance, a barn can be raided and its animals seized and sequestered to secret premises? After it was all done then, a damning article appeared that sought to flatten the issue and defame a man into oblivion well before he's been proven guilty. Where is "due" process? Where is the possibility of Justice? Mysteries abound. (The Sunday Times Metro section did present a multidimensional issue, at least.)
One is reminded of a time, not long enough ago, apparently, in which a simple denunciation could get a man broken on the wheel. These days punishment for such denunciation consists of the lumbering on of crushing legal costs exacted, of course, before anything is proven.
Wendy Lindbergh
Garrison
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