It appears that local governments are getting serious about enforcing Wisconsin’s livestock premises registration law. Last week, Patrick Monchilovich of Cumberland became the first person in the state to be convicted of violating the four-year-old rule after he refused to register his premises, on which he was keeping cattle.
According to documents filed by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Monchilovich was first contacted in April 2008 to inform him that he needed to register his premises. After he declined, an animal health inspector visited him with a final warning. A month later, he refused delivery of a certified warning letter, which was then hand-delivered to him during a final visit by the inspector and a compliance officer in June 2008.
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