The Facts about the attack on our far﻿m

The Facts about the attack on our farm

7/4/2018

FREE FREDDY & BUDDY!

A WORD TO THE VISITORS TO OUR WEBSITE

11/28/2021 DxE co-founder Wayne Hsiung is going on trial for the felony theft of our animals this week! Come support local farmers and local meat.

WHERE - Transylvania county courthouse -Brevard map here.
WHEN - Starting Monday November 29th, thru Thursday December 2nd.

Thank you for coming to our site. If you’ve been wondering what’s going on and what we have to say about all the media attention that has been focused on our farm, here is our side of the story: (SORRY - some links below may be broken, this blog post is from 2018)

What happened:
Two baby goats were stolen from our farm, one in the summer of 2017 (Buddy) the other in February of this year (Freddy). These goats were ALLEGEDLY stolen by an ANIMAL FREEDOM GROUP (see the blog post above) because they feel it's their job to take young, healthy and cute farm animals, and then use them as marketing tools in social media to make Thousands of dollars per episode - it's like a soap opera, tune into a Face Book post near you (see links below) for the latest set of snares and deceptions and then make a contribution (sarc) ...

The alleged thieves have leveled quite a few allegations against us and our farm, too many to respond to them all, but here are answers to three of the main accusations:

Allegation: The first baby was sick and not being cared for or treated for its illness.
The first baby (Buddy) was taken on the 5th day of a 10-day treatment for coccidia - with meds from our vet - and was improving. Coccidia is not deadly when treated promptly, which we had started well before the goat was stolen, and continued daily.

Allegation: The second baby was taken because it was sick, locked in a stall and languishing in feces.
This baby (Freddy) was only six days old when he was taken from a clean, dry stall and heated incubator space;away from his brother Eddie and his mother who was nursing him, out into a cold February night and pouring rain. Freddy was healthy and had been nursing well from his mother at the time of the theft. He then can be seen on a video being improperly fed. Hence he became sick with aspiration pneumonia and (according to the ALLEGED PERPETRATORS FILMING THEMSELVES ON FARCE BOOK) had to be taken to a vet to be treated. Back at the farm, Nip Nap, his mother, cried for days and was beside herself looking for her lost baby.

View for yourself a video of the stall in daylight, a day or two after Freddy was kidnapped.

Allegation: The goats were “rescued” because they were sick, would never see a vet, faced a miserable life, and a cruel death.
We run a small family farm and are responsible caretakers of the animals in our care. Our goats have 5 acres of green pasture and browse to which they have free access and are given a balanced diet. Mothers with babies are protected in safe dry stalls in a spacious barn that was built just for them.

Yes, many of our animals have names, because we treat them each with care and respect, and our veterinarian who does regular visits to our farm, regularly confirms this.

We do not mistreat or slaughter goats on our farm. Our interest is in raising strong, healthy goats. As a matter of fact, we mainly sell our goats to people who want their own small herd for land management, to other goat farmers as breeding stock, or to young people from 4-H and FFA, individuals who raise them as pets and want to show them at farming events, to name a few. So doesn’t it make sense that we give our goats the best care we can?

Until these threats to our farm and animals came about, we welcomed hundreds of visitors to our farm over the years, many among them wanting to learn how to properly care for and raise goats. We hosted schools for educational field trips and other groups as part of our North Carolina Agri-Tourism effort, as well as families with children who wanted to experience a working family farm and proper animal husbandry. Sadly, because of this real threat to our valued animals we can no longer do this, because we can’t be sure who we would be opening our doors to.

Please check out the following short video playlist and make up your own mind about what animal rights terrorists have said about us and what the truth really is. Take a look at our goats and decide for yourself who to believe.

Decide for yourself too, if perhaps this organizations footage of taking these goats was simply a tool to manipulate public opinion and raise funds for their cause. (link to playlist) Skip the first video if you've seen it above...

If you are a fellow farmer and are concerned about this trend of animal thefts, there are things you can do. There is an awareness that needs to be raised with your Agricultural Extension Agent, the State Department of Agriculture, your State Representative, and your county government. Let your voice be heard!

PS - If you have specific questions about this issue, or just words of support, please post them in the comments section, and we'll do what we can to address them...

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Thanks for all the great support from our farmer friends across the world, thanks for visiting, and KEEP THE FAITH FOLKS!

Curt & Susan

Shawna Hamilton

7/4/2018 06:34:16 pm

God bless you and your wife. I pray that the truth will prevail and all of the lies DxE has spread about the farmers and ranchers in animal Ag will have a huge light placed upon them.

Laura

7/4/2018 08:16:06 pm

After 5 years of intensive research after we were the victims of attack perpetrated on us by a horse rescue aka retail rescue who are finally under investigation by several agencies in regard to fraud, misappropriation of funds, cruelty to animals, etc, our 360 book Animal Owners Under Attack was recently published (https://www.amazon.com/Animal-Owners-Under-Attack-knowledge/dp/1721634916/ref=mp_s_a_1_1_twi_pap_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1530748537&sr=8-1&keywords=animal+owners+under+attack).

For a limited period of time our book is discounted and if after purchased buyers send us a copy of their receipt of purchase, we will send them a comprehensive non-disclosure agreement that every animal owner should have visitors to their property sign in order to protect themselves from those who are up to no good.

Yours is a heartbreaking story that I have been following, and I have also asked pertinent questions of your attackers regarding the goats they stole that they have thus far refused to answer.
We are already hard at work on a 2nd book which is entirely stories of animal owners that have suffered at the hands of opportunist-hustlers in animal rights, animal welfare, and animal protection making a fortune using social media to attain free animals and attain boatloads of donated funds sent to them by uninformed, gullible, naive followers, tuning in to what amounts to a reality show on social media, from across the country and around the world.

Thank you for telling your story. Hopefully more animal owners that have been aggressively and ruthlessly attacked as you were will have the courage to do the same.

Take Care, Laura Bell 🙂

Vee V scherz

8/12/2018 07:34:53 pm

Thank you Laura for all your hard work exposing these terrorists

KaOs Farm

7/5/2018 10:17:19 am

As a small dairy goat farm in New England it pains us to see what you have gone through. I could never imagine going through the heart break of having a baby stolen. The hard work that goes into every mother and kid that is born. Making sure that they have the very best starts for a successful life. It pains us deeply that someone would harm any small caring farm in such a way. We pray that you are able to get the justice your family deserves and the people who have hurt you get the punishment that is coming to them. If there is anything that we can do to help your family please let us know. We would be more than happy to help you with replacing the kids you lost.

Sospiro

7/18/2018 01:37:36 pm

Thanks so much, it’s with the heartfelt support of folks farmers like you that Susan and I find solace and the strength to carry on the fight...

al smith

7/5/2018 11:35:37 am

two words PROSECUTE THEM

Dan Meadows

7/5/2018 04:03:39 pm

Lock them all up!!!

Timothy

7/5/2018 10:24:04 pm

While DXE claims to be a rescue,they are really a cult of thieves!

Sospiro Ranch

7/18/2018 01:38:33 pm

Animal rights terrorism is a nasty business, these folks are doing what they can to drive a wedge between farmers and the public, their end goal is basically this website here... http://animalbillofrights.aldf.org/

Local Farmer

7/8/2018 07:36:50 am

I was heart broken to read this story. Most of us that raise livestock, love our animals more than people in general. That's why we do it, taking our animals is the same as taking one of our family members. This Dxe group is not welcome in our county, this county was built by famers and ranchers, consider this a warning to staff off our land. To the family of the Sospiro Goat Ranch, you are not alone. No matter what social media outreach this group has, this is Transylvania county and we protect our own.

Jeni

7/13/2018 01:04:14 pm

You have more support than you can imagine. These AR people are criminals. Thieves and liars. Preying on animal keepers with distorted sentimentality and rank stupidity. I am sickened by their actions.

Courtney

7/13/2018 01:12:14 pm

I'm heartbroken for what you've been put through. The thieves must be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law to send a message that American citizens will not stand for this kind of terrorism. If these criminals are allowed to do this to a small homestead living an honest life then they will do it to anyone, no matter how big or small, who owns even one pet or livestock.

Michele

7/13/2018 04:48:24 pm

I am horrified by your experience. We have a small herd and those goats have it better than we do. They eat before us, see the vet more than we see doctors, receive daily exercise and hands on bracing work (4H animals), pens are cleaned daily, fed expensive textured feed, supplements, and minerals. I would be FURIOUS if I was accused of mistreating my goats. Of course, I’m in Texas and vegan terrorists wouldn’t last long here since everyone has a gun. My heart is with you all and I pray baby comes home.

Lindsay Lee

7/14/2018 11:41:47 pm

We are rooting for you! It is horrible what these "activists" are doing. I am praying that these charges stick and this group is forced to shut down.

Kelsie

7/17/2018 08:18:20 am

We here are all in support of yoy. Do you have the baby back yet? If they took him to another state you could get them for crossing the state line without a health certificate. Have you put this in the news?

Anne

7/18/2018 07:34:38 pm

I have known the Burnsides for over six years and have been to their farm a number of times. I cannot imagine more upstanding, honorable people who take very good care of their animals.

I have vegan friends who have done a lot of work promoting their diet and philosophy through peaceful educational methods, unlike these and hustlers and manipulators who have committed crimes against you. Wayne and his crew hurt their own cause. And they are not at all relieving suffering in this case, but rather terrorizing the goat and its mother and then having the audacity to claim they were restoring its health. What a load of bs! I am very glad to read that Laura who left a comment above and others are fighting these people.

You will prevail. This community supports you, and obviously anyone who takes the trouble to research the truth about how you operate Sospiro farm.

Sospiro Ranch

7/22/2018 11:01:58 am

Thanks Anne, we appreciate your input , and on-going support!

Judy Hoffman

8/12/2018 03:37:42 pm

I followed the theft livestream of your baby goat in February and watched Wayne's inexperienced feeding and with major concern, asked him on his live feed to stop or he would give him aspiration pneumonia and it would be a very painful death. A group of us posted on social media as well as emailed trying to find the owner of this baby so charges could be made against him and others that were in on the heist. In all of our research, we uncovered so many ugly truths about Wayne and others running DXE and their true agenda which has been clearly outlined on this blog. I gave an interview to CBS affiliate in San Francisco and allowed the film crew to come to my ranch some 4 hours away. I am blessed with a showcase of a barn, property and lovely Boer goats and my main business objective is much like the owners of this kid with the addition of a large emphasis on American Boer Goat show stock. Many of our animals are valued at $2000 to $10,000. And the last thing I needed was the threats for my life, well being of my business and threats to "liberate" my show goats. All which happened after the interview was aired, which cause me undue stress. Mainly because I called them out as domestic terrorists and doing this for financial gain to further their agenda. To DXE and others like them we are "exploiting" show stock. Hmm, why then do my goats willingly jump into the stand, to get bathed and groomed? Why do they act like the event was put on solely for them as they proudly enter the arena? They LOVE it! DXE are folks that have probably never farmed nor understand the attention and care we give to allow our animals to live a very comfortable life. They don't understand to maintain a healthy happy herd, it's a 24-7 job, with little rest or vacations, my last one was in 1984! These are people that are followers of DXE are disgusted to eat an unfertilized egg, calling it a baby chick, yet are pro abortion. I am shocked as to the misinformation and lies they spread. Now, to make one thing clear, I love animals, I hate animal abuse. Animals for meat can and for most part treated humanely when put down as to my experience. Whomever reads this, please stop these terrorists! I have felt their terror, I won't stop what I am doing, but I have to examine every person that steps foot on my property, fear for my safety, fear for my animals. DXE and it's leaders need to be stopped, they have a very frightening agenda.

Vee V Scherz

8/12/2018 05:56:55 pm

As a livestock owner, Ive had vegans stop at our barn asking us to DONATE a calf for their "rescue". When I told them they couldnt have one or even buy one, they called me a murderer. Ive had my gates opened to release my cattle and have numerous calls made to the SPCA because of this and they called me a murderer. Their tactics of bullying and terrorism need to stop. My husband and I are completely behind every effort to prosecute and end their terror.

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