Saturday, September 26, 2020

Clair Lane Farm owner fined $25,000

Karley Sinclair of Clair Lane Farm near Fergus has been fined $25,000 for importing cattle semen without the required permit from the federal government.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency laid charges in connection with imports between Feb. 2017 and Feb. 2018.


The court also gave 1,553 straws of semen that the CFIA seized to the federal agriculture department to market.


The government dropped other charges, including trying to import an animal without a permit, that had been laid against Ms. Sinclair.


Clair Lane Stock Farm breeds and shows Angus cattle.


On its website, it used to say it was specializing in sourcing hard-to-find, rare and limited frozen genetics.