article_snippet.sent: Apparently Kenny Hetrick's has been heartbroken by the clampdown on Kenny Hetrick's farm and the 72-year-old widower is now fighting to overturn the seizure, backed by neighbors who insist Kenny Hetrick's menagerie doesn't pose a threat.
article_snippet.sent: The agriculture department says that The agriculture department tried, but that Kenny Hetrick's never responded to letters sent over a span of two years with the permit application materials until last October, nine months after the deadline, when The agriculture department gave Kenny Hetrick's ten days to surrender his animals.
article_snippet.sent: State officials in January rejected Kenny Hetrick's application for a permit, which includes a $1,000 fee, saying his application for a permit, which includes a $1,000 fee submitted was too late.
article_snippet.sent: Hetrick is appealing The Ohio Department of Agriculture's rejection of Hetrick permit application and a hearing is scheduled for next week, but the fight will probably continue in court no matter what a state panel decides.
highlights_snippet.sent: But now the 72-year-old is fighting to overturn the seizure, backed by neighbors who insist he menagerie