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EAST WARREN, VT - MARCH 22: Larry and Linda Faillace holds hands as they take a long cold walk home through a heavy morning snow 22 March 2001 on Roxbury Gap Road in East Warren, Vermont, after speaking with reporters and stating that they believe their 126 imported sheep are going to be seized within the next 48 hours. The USDA seized 255 sheep from a farm in neighboring Greensboro, Vermont, suspected of containing a strain of mad cow disease 21 March 2001. (Photo credit should read STEVEN E. FRISCHLING/AFP via Getty Images)

EAST WARREN, VT - MARCH 22:  Larry and Linda Faillace holds hands as they take a long cold walk home through a heavy morning snow 22 March 2001 on Roxbury Gap Road in East Warren, Vermont, after speaking with reporters and stating that they believe their 126 imported sheep are going to be seized within the next 48 hours. The USDA seized 255 sheep from a farm in neighboring Greensboro, Vermont, suspected of containing a strain of mad cow disease 21 March 2001.  (Photo credit should read STEVEN E. FRISCHLING/AFP via Getty Images)