Colchester County complaint

An abuse complaint has been made against a Colchester County animal auction facility.

People with the animal rights group Nova Scotia Farm Animal Save have been protesting outside the Atlantic Stockyards in Murray Siding on auction days since the fall.

The complaint is due to a video by a Halifax woman which allegedly shows a worker prodding a cow with a cane as it is being loaded onto a truck at the stockyards near Truro.

Stockyard owner Sean Firth disagrees that any abuse took place and that he has an open-door policy for authorities related to animal protection.

Cape Breton custody case

A Cape Breton mother has lost her son because he is dangerously overweight.

A judge removed the child, indentified only by the initials B.F. from his mother’s care because at the age of 5 he weighed 132 pounds when he was taken into custody by Community Services in 2015.  Justice Robert Gregan said the child was in danger of liver and other organ damage.  He has now dropped to 80 pounds.   The judge also pointed out the mother failed to deal with behavoural issues like ADHD.

He refused to allow either of the boy’s parents to visit, saying it would disrupt the progress he’s making.