Cheryl A Major

Twenty-two beagles were rescued from Ridglan Farms and are being brought to safety by nonviolent rescuers. Police intercepted two vans carrying the rescued dogs and arrested the activists who were on their way to bring the dogs to their forever homes.

Keith's week, as reconstructed from Dave's log, Steve's three formal complaints, and Dave's cousin's text message asking if everything was alright. Monday: Keith was on the barn roof at 6am. Keith has now been on the barn roof for eleven consecutive days. Dave has stopped trying to remove Keith from the barn roof. Dave has started checking the structural integrity of the barn roof instead. The barn roof is fine. The insurance company has been told the barn roof is fine. The insurance company has not been told about Keith. Tuesday: Keith came down from the barn roof voluntarily at 11am. Dave noted this was the first voluntary descent since day one. Keith walked to the north gate, assessed it for six minutes, and went back to the barn roof. Dave's log: "Day eleven. He came down. He looked at the gate. He went back up. I don't know what that means but I'm going to find out by Wednesday." Wednesday: Keith was not on the barn roof. Keith was in Steve's garden. Dave's log: "The gate. It was the gate. He'd assessed it on Tuesday and came down Wednesday morning and just walked through it. Third version. Three bolts. He opened the third bolt first. I watched from the window. He opened it like he'd done it a hundred times. He went to Steve's. He was in Steve's bindweed for nine minutes." Steve's complaint was filed at 9:47am. It was complaint number twenty-three. Thursday: Keith ate eleven metres of bramble on the south bank. Dave's net outcome column: tick. Friday: Keith was on the barn roof again. He appeared to be reconsidering something. Margot's owner rang to say she'll be bringing Margot back for a fortnight while she had more building work done. Dave looked at the phone. Dave looked at the barn roof. Dave wrote in his log: "Two of them. Two weeks. God help us." Saturday - Sunday: Steve fixed his fence. Steve added a new latch. Dave's log, Sunday evening: "Keith looked at Steve's new latch for twenty-two minutes this afternoon. He then walked away. He looked satisfied. He went to graze. I have no idea what this means. I'm adding a column." The column is labelled: "Pre-assessment period." The column already has an entry.

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