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Sheep owner charged with cruelty to animals (77 sheep inside his downtown home)
AP via N&R ^ | Wednesday, March 28, 2007 | AP

Posted on 03/28/2007 10:49:40 AM PDT by Rb ver. 2.0

APEX (AP) — A man who kept 77 sheep in his downtown Apex home was charged Wednesday with 30 counts of misdemeanor animal cruelty.

David Watts, 47, was being held at the Wake County jail in lieu of $30,000 bond and was to appear in court Wednesday afternoon, Apex Police Detective Joey Best said.

Watts surrendered the flock to animal control officers Monday after police found some sheep grazing in the town cemetery. Watts kept some of the younger sheep on the ground floor of his suburban Raleigh house and kept the others in pens in the yard.

In an interview with The News & Observer of Raleigh, Watts said he was overwhelmed by the number of lambs born this year.

"It was just bad timing for me," Watts said. "I just got hit with the extra animals this year that needed extra supervision."

Thirty ailing sheep were euthanized. Kelli Ferris, a veterinarian who examined the animals, said rehabilitation would have caused the sheep too much pain.

A veterinarian was expected to examine another 60 sheep owned by Watts in Chatham County.


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To: Hatteras; Constitution Day

Geez, I'm moving down there! The cops wouldn't even notice me with all the weird stuff your neighbors do. I'll just need to lose my funny accent real quickly.


21 posted on 03/28/2007 11:46:14 AM PDT by Fierce Allegiance (There are 2 types of Rudy fans - the uninformed or anti-conservative TROLLS who do not belong on FR)
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To: KoRn; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...
Studio re-enactment:



22 posted on 03/28/2007 11:50:02 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("By the way... who is Ben Dayho?" --60Gunner)
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To: Rb ver. 2.0

Must be a Jihadist with his 72+ virgins........

Semper Fi


23 posted on 03/28/2007 11:50:46 AM PDT by river rat (You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
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To: Rb ver. 2.0
The "Farm"...

I can say I have driven pass this house hundreds of times and I don't recall ever noticing any livestock. Lots of dogs in the neighborhood. You can hear them all start howling late at night when the train passes through.

24 posted on 03/28/2007 11:51:18 AM PDT by Hatteras
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To: Fierce Allegiance
I'll just need to lose my funny accent real quickly.

No, you wouldn't. That area is chock full of Yankees now!

You would fit in quite nicely.

25 posted on 03/28/2007 11:54:06 AM PDT by Constitution Day
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26 posted on 03/28/2007 11:56:39 AM PDT by new cruelty
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To: Constitution Day

I want to go where they aren't!


27 posted on 03/28/2007 11:57:32 AM PDT by Fierce Allegiance (There are 2 types of Rudy fans - the uninformed or anti-conservative TROLLS who do not belong on FR)
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To: Fierce Allegiance
I don't know what to tell you — North Carolina has become a popular place to move to.

But what can ya do. Sigh.


28 posted on 03/28/2007 12:08:05 PM PDT by Constitution Day
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To: Slings and Arrows; Seadog Bytes; reagan_fanatic; bitt; Hi Heels; PhilDragoo; ntnychik; Millee; ...

Were any of them wearing a





29 posted on 03/28/2007 12:12:51 PM PDT by Lady Jag (A positive attitude will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.)
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To: Lady Jag

LOL!...so long as it's from Victoria's Secret, why not! :D Sheeple do!


30 posted on 03/28/2007 12:15:31 PM PDT by luvie (GWs message to Tony: stay strong; a lot of people love you and care for you and will pray for you)
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To: Hatteras

Looks like a sheep brothel to me.


31 posted on 03/28/2007 12:18:50 PM PDT by Rb ver. 2.0 (A day in the country is better than a week in town.)
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To: Lady Jag

Bringing in the sheep.

32 posted on 03/28/2007 12:19:54 PM PDT by Soaring Feather (I Soar 'cause I can....)
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To: Fierce Allegiance

Heeheee! I need some of those guards for mine!


33 posted on 03/28/2007 12:24:03 PM PDT by 007girl (I got a black belt in crazy, and I am not scared to use it!)
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To: Rb ver. 2.0
Honestly, some people have never seen a {rural}* brothel before..

* (Now here come the substitutions..Aussie, Kiwi, Isle of Wight, Tenessee, Maine, etc..etc,)

34 posted on 03/28/2007 12:24:59 PM PDT by Gorzaloon (Global Warming: A New Kind Of Scientology for the Rest Of Us.)
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To: Hatteras

I have a sister in Apex....waiting to hear how close she lives to sheep dude!


35 posted on 03/28/2007 12:28:00 PM PDT by 007girl (I got a black belt in crazy, and I am not scared to use it!)
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To: Lady Jag

That's just so wrong.


36 posted on 03/28/2007 12:33:08 PM PDT by andy58-in-nh
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To: 007girl

Go to google maps and put in her street name. This guy is near the corner of W. Moore and Salem Street (the downtown "historic" district).


37 posted on 03/28/2007 12:40:17 PM PDT by Hatteras
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To: Slings and Arrows

LOL!

Local news footage showed some of the sheep. I *wish* the poor beasts were merely drunk. The camera lingered on one young adult size sheep that was unsuccessful in its struggle to stand up. Healthy sheep and goats are powerful for their size but are vulnerable as any other grazer when their digestive systems are compromised.


38 posted on 03/28/2007 12:42:30 PM PDT by Titan Magroyne ("Y'know, I've always thought of politics as show business for ugly people." Jay Leno:Al Gore 11/29)
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To: andy58-in-nh

If you want to see more "wrong", tune into the next Freepathon.


39 posted on 03/28/2007 12:43:11 PM PDT by Lady Jag (A positive attitude will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.)
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To: Rb ver. 2.0

Fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa
Fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa

I am a dull and simple lad
Can not tell water from champagne
And I have never met the queen
And I wish I could have all that he has got
I wish I could be like David Watts

Fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa
Fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa

And when I lie on my pillow at night
I dream I could fight like David Watts
Lead the school team to victory
And take my exams and pass the lot

(Wish I could be)
Wish I could be like David Watts
(Wish I could be)
Wish I could be like David Watts
(Wish I could be)
Conduct my life like David Watts
(Wish I could be)
I wish I could be like David Watts

Fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa
Fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa

He is the head boy at the school
He is the captain of the team
He is so gay and fancy free
And I wish all his money belonged to me
I wish I could be like David Watts

Fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa
Fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa

And all the girls in the neighborhood
Try to go out with David Watts
They try their best but can't succeed
For he is of pure and noble breed

Wish I could be like
Wish I could be like
Wish I could be like

Fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa
Fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa
(repeat)


40 posted on 03/28/2007 12:43:45 PM PDT by ThreeYearLurker
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