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The state veterinarian, Dr. Richard Breitmeyer, who oversaw the California culling, said that people love their animals and in many cases, they were pets. He said that although he had the legal right to enter properties without owners' permissions and to kill every bird, they needed to treat the owners and birds with respect. In the California Newcastle outbreak, Dr. Breitmeyer said, valuable fighting cocks were often found in Hispanic neighborhoods, and federal appraisers paid market value.