Kategorie: Animals

Update (February 10, 2026): Thanks to the guidance of the Oregon Department of Justice, the Malheur County Sheriff’s Office finally executed a search warrant at Grand Barr Dairy and seized all the goats. Several goats were so bad off that they apparently had to be euthanized, and approximately 35 sick goats were apparently moved to a safe place where they could receive the veterinary care they so desperately needed. Malheur County Sheriff Travis Johnson has indicated that, once recovered, those goats will be sent to a reputable sanctuary.

But despite sanctuaries standing by to receive goats, Sheriff Johnson elected to cram more than 200 of these animals onto a triple-decker livestock trailer and haul them to another dairy, 10 hours away, PETA is told.

Johnson—who grew up on a cattle ranch and dairy farm, and whose family also operated a feedlot for cattle slaughtered for beef—is apparently blinded by agricultural bias. Sending hundreds of goats seized from one farm to another, even larger farm—when placement is available for them at sanctuaries—is like “rescuing” dogs from a puppy mill only to hand them over to another commercial breeder. These goats have endured chronic neglect and abuse, and they should enjoy a peaceful retirement—but at another dairy, they’ll continue to be impregnated, separated from their babies, and slaughtered when their milk production wanes.

Please take action below and urge Sheriff Johnson to do the right thing at last by taking up PETA’s and sanctuaries’ offers to place goats and give them the lifelong care and respect they deserve.

Original Post:

When a whistleblower who worked at Grand Barr Dairy—an Oregon farm that uses approximately 250 goats for milk—contacted PETA to report that mothers and babies were confined in filth, emaciated, deprived of veterinary care for pneumonia and other infections, and dying in large numbers, we (and the whistleblower) reported this neglect to Malheur County Sheriff Travis Johnson. The sheriff and a deputy visited the farm in July but took no action to help the animals and just gave the owners a few “recommendations” meant to improve conditions.

Determined to expose the awful conditions at the dairy, PETA sent an undercover investigator to work at Grand Barr. The investigator confirmed the whistleblower’s horrific findings and more, including that the dairy owners left lame and crippled goats to limp in pain or crawl through waste, denied goats veterinary care for rupturing abscesses an owner attributed to a highly contagious bacterial infection, and left weak and coughing goats to die. On top of this egregious neglect, the owners were filmed punching and slapping goats as well as pulling their legs and tails.

PETA went back to Sheriff Johnson with the investigator’s fresh evidence of neglect in October. But his office took no real action to help the animals suffering at Grand Barr.

Just days after we submitted our investigator’s evidence to Sheriff Johnson, a second PETA investigator began working at the dairy. For two months, the new investigator documented that nothing had changed—even after the sheriff’s office cited one of the farm owners for neglect. 

Send polite comments to:

Sheriff Travis Johnson
Malheur County Sheriff’s Office
Travis.Johnson@malheurco.org

Be sure to let him know if you live in Oregon.

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When a whistleblower who worked at Grand Barr Dairy—an Oregon farm that uses approximately 250 goats for milk—contacted PETA to report that mothers and babies were confined in filth, emaciated, deprived of veterinary care for pneumonia and other infections, and dying in large numbers, we (and the whistleblower) reported this neglect to Malheur County Sheriff Travis Johnson. The sheriff and a deputy visited the farm in July but took no action to help the animals and just gave the owners a few “recommendations” meant to improve conditions.

Determined to expose the awful conditions at the dairy, PETA sent an undercover investigator to work at Grand Barr. The investigator confirmed the whistleblower’s horrific findings and more, including that the dairy owners left lame and crippled goats to limp in pain or crawl through waste, denied goats veterinary care for rupturing abscesses an owner attributed to a highly contagious bacterial infection, and left weak and coughing goats to die. On top of this egregious neglect, the owners were filmed punching and slapping goats as well as pulling their legs and tails.

PETA went back to Sheriff Johnson with the investigator’s fresh evidence of neglect in October. But his office has still taken no real action to help the animals suffering at Grand Barr.

Update: Just days after we submitted our investigator’s evidence to Sheriff Johnson, a second PETA investigator began working at the dairy. For two months, the new investigator documented that nothing had changed—even after the sheriff’s office cited one of the farm owners for neglect. Grand Barr is apparently under investigation by the Oregon Department of Justice; however, despite the sheriff’s promises, no charges have been formally filed and goats continue to suffer from painful and debilitating conditions with no veterinary care.

Meanwhile, Sheriff Johnson simply says he “personally didn’t feel it was necessary” to remove a single animal from this farm.

Oregon law is clear—it’s illegal to deny animals care and to physically abuse them. Law-enforcement officers have “the duty … to arrest and prosecute” anyone who violates the state’s cruelty-to-animals statute and the power to remove suffering animals from those responsible for mistreating them.

Please urge Sheriff Johnson to take action for these suffering animals at long last and to secure the removal of and appropriate care for every last goat from the farm.

Send polite comments to:

Travis Johnson, Sheriff
Malheur County Sheriff’s Office
Travis.Johnson@malheurco.org

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Upon hearing that Florida’s Conchy Joe’s Restaurant & Bar in Jensen Beach hosts hermit crab races, PETA asked management to replace these cruel events with an alternative “attraction” that doesn’t involve exploiting and abusing animals. But our concerns appear to have been casually dismissed. Your help is needed now!

In their native habitats, hermit crabs travel in colonies and are opportunistic foragers. These animals, in the wild, can live up to 40 years. However, when kept in captivity, their average lifespan is 1-4 years. They are naturally shy of humans, and being subjected to rough handling and roaring crowds, whom they would consider predatorial, all without means of escape or defense, would be terrifying to them. Making matters worse, as this species cannot reproduce in captivity, the pet trade industry simply steals them from the wild. PETA’s investigations of major suppliers have exposed a horrific industry that profits whenever hermit crabs are purchased. Further, paint on their shells releases chemicals which can be toxic to them.

Please join PETA in politely urging Conchy Joe’s Restaurant to do the right thing and stop holding hermit crab races—then share this alert with everyone you know!

Conchy Joe’s Restaurant & Bar
conchywebmail@conchyjoes.com
772-334-1131
Please also post a message on Conchy Joe’s social media:

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