Farmer Sues Wells Fargo to Feed Foreclosed Animals

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Farmer Sues Wells Fargo to Feed Foreclosed Animals

Farmer Sues Wells Fargo to Feed Foreclosed Animals

The evicted owner of Glocester's Bonniedale Farms in Glocester, R.I. asked a judge this morning to issue a restraining order to require the lender that foreclosed on him, Wells Fargo, to provide food, water and care for the animals left behind.

Guy Settipane, the lawyer for owner Dan MacKenzie, said his client became concerned Tuesday when he went to the site and saw "total strangers walking off with his animals," including a turkey named Tommy Boy.

"You're left with a farm, 136 animals but no farmer," Settipane told the Providence Journal.

Bonniedale Farms is no typical farm. It's a home for goats, sheep, cats, dogs, horses, miniature horses, pigs, llamas, turkeys, hens and other animals that are sometimes just hours from being destroyed. Some have been cruelly abused.

For nine months or more, MacKenzie tried to raise the funds necessary to stave off foreclosure, including putting out a sign out by the farm's entrance on Snake Hill Road asking for donations. Fund raising was difficult and the money coming in wasn't enough to covering the mortgage, let alone the cost of 20 different kinds of feed.

http://www.upi.com/Real-Estate/2009/12/09/Farmer-Sues-Wells-Fargo-to-Feed-Foreclosed-Animals/9101260384294/

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Sun Dec-13-09 03:25 PM
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1. K&R n/t

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Sun Dec-13-09 03:37 PM
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2. God damn fuck!

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Sun Dec-13-09 04:33 PM
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3. K&R

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Sun Dec-13-09 04:48 PM
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4. update

Wells Fargo caved, but not before many of the animals were stolen. I only hope some were taken by people who knew about the farm and wanted to give them homes. I fear for them, though.

URI students, ag students I think, will be taking care of the remaining animals, but I am not sure if anyone will be at the farm 24/7.

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Sun Dec-13-09 05:20 PM
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5. Thanks for the updated info(nt)

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Sun Dec-13-09 05:55 PM
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6. WF should be ordered to pay the man to live there and care for the livestock.

Edited on Sun Dec-13-09 05:55 PM by elehhhhna

He or someone else.

Curious why other sanctuaries haven't taken them -- but they probably have no room and no money.

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Sun Dec-13-09 10:44 PM
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7. Thanks for the update.

:-(

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