Mark Tijssen, with a friend, had purchased a pig he didn't raise himself, and slaughtered it in his garage. After properly butchering it, he gave 1/2 of the meat to the friend, As she was puling out of his driveway, the Ministry of Natural Resources and police pounced.
There is way more at the link.
Get off our backs, government!
>> There is much more detail at the link, but apparently a farmer may slaughter an animal for the consumption of his own immediate family, but can not even serve that meat to a dinner guest.
Mark Tijssen, with a friend, had purchased a pig he didn’t raise himself, and slaughtered it in his garage. After properly butchering it, he gave 1/2 of the meat to the friend, As she was puling out of his driveway, the Ministry of Natural Resources and police pounced.
There is way more at the link.
Get off our backs, government! <<
Yeah, I read that too, so you cannot give meat to your neighbor or else it is jail and fine time for you. No good deed ever goes unpunished.... does it?