Well, most of the people on that group actually know the people involved, and knew David personally, as well as his caviary. They know the standards that he kept up, as well as how strict USDA is, since some are USDA certified themselves, or have considered it, or are in the process of becoming certified.
A caviary must be perfectly clean in order to maintain it's USDA certification. That means no cages with any crevices that can get stuff into them- so coroplast would be out. That also means that you can have surprise visits at any time. We don't have to post any proof, because we know the standard conditons. However it may have been a bit dirty at that time, however all the animals were healthy, but three who he had been speaking to a vet school about. The man had had surgery a week before, and he'd died the Tuesday before. This caviary was his life, and he spent all his time working on it. He hadn't been there for several days, he didn't have any employees.
The real issue here is that the breeders found a place for all the animals, and somebody was put out that they didn't get any animals, nice animals that they could have sold right away at a profit. They posted something bad about somebody who recently DIED, so he can't defend himself, so others have to do it for him. Because the others have record that what she is saying is a lie and slander, the person who posted the story could be sued. She had not been asked to come by, but had forced her way in.
The animals were sold for two reasons. This was an unexpected death and there are many bills to pay off- has anybody here actually had to find out the cost of a funeral, even without burial and simply cremation, it's very expensive- thousands of dollars. They also are nice, healthy animals who do not carry genetic defects. Good animals for 4-h members- who are kids- to work with and keep as pets and project animals. Good animals for adult breeders to keep going and keep the memory of a friend alive by keeping the line alive.
Is it the right thing to slander and badmouth somebody a week after he has died, not to include to also slander his family and grieving friends?
