May God never put before my eyes on this earth a second time the savagery committed by the Mengi

family and facilitated by the state of Tanzania I witnessed on Silverdale Farm in May 2006

May you rot in hell, all of you that allowed this to happen!

On 11th May 2006 we called Veterinary Officers to Silverdale Farm where Benjamin Mengi and his wife Millie unlawfully keep a large herd of cattle, goats and sheep. The animals were found to be dying from malnutrition and disease. Zonal veterinary offer Dr. Swai confirmed that the animals were in appalling condition and were infected with Foot & Mouth Disease.

Animal left to die of bloat: 50 yards from our house

Animal left to die of bloat: 50 yards from our house

On questioning Mengi's staff Dr.Swai established the problem had existed since January 2006; that the Mengis had been repeatedly told of the appalling conditions the animals were in and had been given instructions to leave the animals to die and leave the carcasses to rot around the farm. No medications or inoculations had been supplied to them to administer to the animals and no attempt was being made to feed them properly or alleviate their suffering. A quarantine order was put in place immediately. The Mengis ignored the quarantine order, continued to remove milk from the farm for public sale and put no sanitation methods in place. They made no attempt to treat the animals which were just left to die under the most appallingly cruel conditions. At the same time, the Mengis issued court proceeding against my husband Stewart stating he was killing the animals and of forging the quarantine order.

Animal left dying in agony by Mengi for four days: We did what we could to alleviate the creatures suffering but had been reported to the police for killing the animals. This was on our home.

Mengi refused to comply with the quarantine order and bury his animals so we did so.

This animals was in calf: It was stuck in Mengis stinking Boma: We spent five hours getting it out of the mud but it died two hours later from shock. See below.