Tribunal judgement saves farmer from almost $400,000 bill after beef animals removed for no reasonNelson ZandbergenFarmers ForumPETERBOROUGH — Warsaw beef farmer Walter Ray has largely prevailed at a provincial tribunal in his recent cost dispute with Ontario’s animal police. To Ray’s relief, the Animal Care Review Board slashed the whopping — and ever-rising — claim from PAWS in a ruling delivered Aug. 8 by adjudicator Susan Clarke. The tribunal decision sets an important precedent, which upholds the intent of the legislation, that is, charges levied must be reasonable, Scrivens added. Without that deal, Lunn estimated that the demand of payment for foster care could have reached $1 million or more. Lunn noted that while Ray will not have to pay the huge foster care bill, Ontario taxpayers will.

Source: CBC News August 10, 2022 14:16 UTC