Brucellosis quarantine violations draw fines
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Four
cattle dealers and a cor
poration have been fined a
total of $36,000 for conspiring
to smuggle cattle across the
Canadian border and
violating animal quarantine
regulations, according to a
U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA)
spokesman.
Euclide Quesnel of Mid
dlebury, Vt., William Donald
LaPage of North Bangor,
N.Y., Chester Lawrence of
Malone, N.Y., William J.
Neverett of Plattsburg,
N.Y., and W.J.N., Inc., of
Huntingdon, Quebec,
Canada, have been found
guilty of conspiracy to
smuggle cattle from Canada
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into the United States by
federal district court in
Syracuse, N.Y. A six-month
investigation revealed
evidence of the violations.
Paul Becton, director of
the national brucellosis
eradication program of
USDA’s Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service,
said Quesnel also pleaded
guilty to two counts of
unlawful interstate
movement of cattle. The
animal quarantine violation
of Sept. 20, 1977 involved the
shipment of 27 adult cattle
unaccompanied by owner’s
statements or other
documents from New York
to Middlebury, Vt., en route
to Wilkinsonville, Mass. Of
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these cattle, 24 were not
identified by USDA
approved identification tags.
LaPage pleaded guilty of
aiding and abetting the
movement of the cattle from
New York to Vermont. The
court fined the two men
$2,000 each for violating the
USDA regulations.
In addition, the court
handed down the following
fines and sentences for
participation in the con
spiracy: Quesnel received a
$lO,OOO fine and four years
probation; LaPage received
a $5,000 fine and three years
probation; Lawrence
received a $5,000 fine and
three years probation;
Neverett received a $lO,OOO
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fine, three-month jail sen
tence and three years
probation; and W.J.N., Inc.,
a $2,000 fine.
USDA regulations on
cattle movement help
prevent the 1 spread of
diseases such as brucellosis.
This costly disease causes
reproductive problems in
livestock and may be passed
on to humans.
“Whether animals are
shipped between countries,
states, counties, or herds,
the possibility of disease
introduction into a clean
area must always be con
sidered and protective
measures taken,” Becton
said.
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The APHIS official con
tinued, “Shipping
documents provide a buyer
with information regarding
the origin of the animals and
proper identification makes
it possible to trace individual
animals to the herd of origin
if they are later found to be
diseased.”
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