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3 <br /> house setback from the road, I can't see what happens on my property or the <br /> road-front. Instead I am left only to deal with the harm caused by unknown 3rd <br /> parties. <br /> In January 2014, I appealed to OCAS (Orange County Animal Services) for <br /> understanding! And I asked for help exploring how to better safeguard my <br /> livestock, home and family. By April 2014 this produced a renewed lash of <br /> vandalism, including livestock releases. OCAS' response was to sue me—the <br /> victim—alleging I had violated its "nuisance" law-4-45! Interestingly, legal opinions <br /> concluded that this "Dog" law doesn't apply to livestock. And that OCAS and <br /> Orange County's judiciary chose to disregard these opinions and NC law. <br /> Also of interest! When OCAS learned during the April 2015 trial that NC's criminal <br /> code doesn't allow for attachment of my land, OCAS withdrew its criminal <br /> complaint and refiled as a civil lawsuit. Again, why? <br /> There can only be one answer! So as to harm me! So as to ensure that my farm <br /> is "taken"by surreptitious means otherwise now prohibited by NC law. <br /> In April 2015, the same judge, who in 2008 denied admission of the 1997 permits <br /> and all evidence, again denied evidence in April 2015. After which, OCAS denied <br /> me the opportunity to complete the pending sale of an impounded pony-valued at <br /> $23,000. And instead, disposed of it. <br /> I ask you! Is it OCAS' charter to ensnare farm owners? <br /> Wouldn't you be outraged if OCAS refused to help solve this life-threatening <br /> dilemma? And, instead, used the heaviest handed legal option- criminalizing you, <br /> the victim-to aid and abet wrongs by third parties? <br /> Isn't it government's goal to protect citizens-to see justice when injustices occur? <br /> How would you react if your home was invaded as you slept, to derelicts peeing in <br /> your backyard. To finding escaped prisoners in your garage? To looking out your <br /> bathroom window finding a stranger taking your picture? To hearing a gunshot <br /> whizzing behind your house, and moments later, holding the injured and dying <br /> animal in your arms? Or having to pay OCAS to recover your micro-chipped dogs <br /> because someone stole them from your property and abandoned them <br /> elsewhere? Having to repair fences week after week because drivers crash <br /> through them; or neighbors' damage or steel boards that you can't know of unless <br /> an animal is reported to have been released nearby? <br /> How would you feel never again feeling safe? <br /> Lastly, is it reasonable to believe that there is not relationship between my animals <br /> being released and the Town having re-zoned all remaining ETJ farms by year <br /> end 2010 for "future urban purposes"? <br /> Again, I ask for your help in stopping this insanity, including in restraining OCAS! <br /> Marilyn Kille <br />