HEADLINES TODAY: GRAND JURY CAN'T FIND ANIMAL CRUELTY AT DEVORE

It's things like this that put me back in childhood because all I want to do is thumb my nose and say "I told you so" to these self proclaimed activists. These activists/terrorists have done all they can do other than bombing the shelter. I don't put that past them either, they don't care about the harm they do to animals so why not?


Now I ask, does it sound like we need an animal commission?


 http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site208/2012/0629/20120629_025421_2011-12%20Grand%20Jury%20Final%20Report.pdf

DEVORE ANIMAL SHELTER

BACKGROUND

The Grand Jury received a public complaint regarding the issue of potential animal cruelty and the acceptance of donations. Information regarding the complaint was also on the internet. The Grand Jury researched the internet to get a better picture of what was allegedly transpiring at the Devore Animal Shelter (Devore). The Grand Jury found additional information on the internet of alleged abuse at Devore.  In order to obtain impartial information from Devore, members of the Grand Jury visited Devore, posing as members of the public, interested in a possible adoption. The Grand Jury also investigated three additional animal shelters within the San Bernardino County for the purpose of comparison of facility conditions and animal care. An official Grand Jury follow-up visit to Devore focused on the facility and animal care. 

FINDINGS

1. Devore is clean and the animals are well cared for and receive regular veterinarian care. The kennels were well-ventilated and food and water were readily available to all of the animals. Conditions were consistent with all inspected facilities.

2. Devore maintains sub-floor heating in all kennels at the facility, keeping the animals warm. There are resting platforms in each kennel and blankets are available for older or ill dogs.

3. Cats are housed separately in a clean-smelling room near the reception desk of the Administration Building.

4. The following chart contains data comparing Devore with animal shelters in Apple Valley, Hesperia and Rancho Cucamonga.

LOCATION                         VETERINARIAN SERVICES                        EUTHANASIA RATES                    ADOPTION SITES FUNDRAISING

Apple Valley                         On-call daily; RVT* on site                               54.86% On-site and off-site              Public flyers; involve public

Hesperia                                3 contracted vets; 1 RVT                                   69.28% On-site and off-site              at Petsmart City funded and GOLF**

Rancho Cucamonga          Full-time vet;                                                        12.59% On-site and off-site              City funded; community fundraising programs

1 contracted vet – 3 times per week; 2

part-time RVTs

Devore                                   On site 3 days per week; on-call daily             45.15% On-site and off-site              at stores AARF*** fund; annual donations

All shelters, including Devore, are found to be comparable in the areas listed above.  They are also comparable and humane in their care of the animals. The animals are groomed, walked, provided playgrounds for exercise and trained to mitigate behavioral problems.

5. The Grand Jury was unable to verify the allegations contained in the public complaint.

* RVT: Registered Veterinarian Technician

** GOLF: Gift of Life – a fund for the benefits of animals

***AARF: Animals Are First fund

Responding Agency Recommendations Due Date  No response required

No response required, do you know what that means from the Grand Jury? That they found nothing to correct. Are you listening, Neil Derry?

http://www.sbsun.com/news/ci_20976601/grand-jury-cant-find-animal-cruelty-at-devore

I love how this activist/terrorist is basically called a liar here. Denise Larkin, an animal rights activist from Fallbrook in San Diego County, is among those who have complained about conditions at the Devore shelter. Larkin, who regularly rescues animals from the shelter, called conditions at the facility deplorable, despite what the Grand Jury found.

"These people are masters of cover-up," Larkin said. "That place is a hell-hole and it's a holocaust over there every day because dogs get put down daily."

But the Grand Jury couldn't find anything to bolster that claim.

Still these activists/terrorists are tying up phone lines so the public can't get through, owners looking for their pets, people wanting to adopt. How does this help the animals? It doesn't. It just shows how hateful and uncaring these activists/terrorists are. Leave Devore alone, nothing there, go spew your hate somewhere else.

ACTIVISTS RUNNING OUT OF STEAM, DIGGING UP OLD NEWS

Seems the activists have run out of anything to talk about these days so they are going back into their archives. This is a YouTube going around as of late. Now watch it closely, let me point out some things.

First of all, you see clean kennels, nice looking dogs and cats. It was done over the blanket issue which is beating a dead horse at this point. 

Second, watch the hands of this person filming, going from cage to cage, spreading disease. Not caring about the disease issue. These are the hands of a person who truly doesn't care, a person ignorant about sheltering and animals, a person who brings harm with an innocent act of petting all the dogs and cats.


Third, let me point out the lies told on this video. There is no 90% euthanization rate at Devore. The activist narrating stated that the animals have a 90% chance of not seeing the next sunrise. That's twice the euthanization rate of Devore, talk about stretching the truth.


Note how it equates people to animals with statements like euthanizing is like "killing children in an orphanage" or we have a "trend of murder". This speaks to a warped mind in my opinion. A mind that doesn't understand or accept the consequences of a pet overpopulation problem. A mind that puts the life of an animal above or equal to that of a child. Please.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI_6m_dxO-Y

So if you had to point out a bad guy from this video, would it not be the activist filming it? When you are dealing with the pets in the shelter, you don't go to each one petting them, not without washing your hands in between. Devore does have wash stations because of the spread of disease. Once again, we see how these activists do more harm than good at Devore. 

WHY WOULD "NO KILL" BE AGAINST HUMANE EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN?

That's a question I have asked many times. The answer is always the same, "No Kill" lives in the past, it doesn't care about the future. The first thing cut from the budget when "No Kill" is installed is the funds for humane education in the schools. An explanation is that it is not the children who own pets, but the adults and those funds should be directed at them. Does this not sound like throwing the future out the door? Instead of painting a picture of barrels of dead animals for children like the activists do, things like Critter Camp is what is helping animals. Where are the activists when it comes to positive events for animals?


I bring this up because of a happening at the Humane Society of San Bernardino Valley this week - Critter Camp. The Humane Society of SB Valley is a wonderful organization that has provided humane education in the SB City school system for years. They also provide a great cruelty investigative department. Visit their site http://www.hssbv.org/ Here's a write up on the Critter Camp and one of my readers is mentioned. 


http://www.pe.com/local-news/san-bernardino-county/san-bernardino-county-headlines-index/20120619-critter-camp-week-is-for-3rd-graders.ece


My reader has passed along a song she wrote for the kids and they were loving it. I think you will too. 

The Doggy Poo Blues

Oh the sun is shinin' purty,

and yer out walkin' the dog,

And he does just what

comes naturally  And he makes stinky log!

It's bad enough some bloke

May get a mess upon their shoe,

But the worst of it,

You're turning the ocean

Into a stinky LOO!

I Got the Blues!

I got the doggy poo blues

Oh Got the Blues!

I got doggy poo blues!

When the rain comes down,

it washes all the filth

into the sea, And it kills all of the fishes,

Whales and dolphins

and algae!

So please clean up after Fido,

and don't you be so mean...

The ocean, it ain't your Puppy’s latrine.

I Got the Blues!

I got the doggy poo blues

Oh Got the Blues!

I got doggy poo blues!

Let’s do our part,

and don’t you be so mean,

You and Me and Fido,

We’ll Keep the Planet GREEN!

LET'S APPLAUD SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY/DEVORE FOR A SUCCESSFUL MEGA ADOPTION

Anyone who attended the event had to be impressed at how much effort was made to make this successful. Below is the press release about it. And here is a new Facebook page dedicated to this. https://www.facebook.com/HomewardBoundPets


First Annual “The Homeward Bound-Mega Pet Adoption Event”
A Resounding Success


San Bernardino. The First Annual Homeward Bound Mega Pet Adoption Event held
at Yucaipa Regional Park June 16th and 17th was a resounding success in which 163
homeless pets found new loving homes. This event was a collaboration between the
County of San Bernardino, Humane Society of San Bernardino Valley, Yucaipa Animal
Placement Society, Animals aRe First Fund, and County Regional Parks.


“This event assisted in meeting the health and social services needs of the County’s
population and supported the Countywide Vision Statement where all sectors work
collaboratively to reach shared goals,” said Brian Cronin, Division Chief Animal Care and
Control. “By building new and expanding existing partnerships among public agencies,
businesses, and non-profit and faith based organizations.”Fifteen animal organizations, including rescue groups and municipal shelters had more
than two hundred dogs and cats available for adoption. Low cost vaccinations and micro-
chipping was offered, as well as on site licensing.


In addition twenty two vendors from throughout Southern California offered their
animal related wears, including three dog training organizations that conducted on site
demonstrations. Freshly prepared food was offered at a nominal cost. Face painting, blow-
up rock walls and bounce houses were available for the kids.


Throughout the course of the weekend four hundred and eighty-nine vaccinations were
given, including one hundred and seventy-one rabies vaccinations, and eighty-two micro-
chips were implanted, and one hundred and one dog licenses were sold.


This event was a prelude to the Department of Public Health, Animal Care and Control
(ACC) Division’s participation in upcoming the American Society for the Prevention and
Cruelty of Animals (ASPCA) Rachel Ray $100K Challenge.


This Challenge is an annual contest that inspires animal shelters to innovate and stretch to
save more lives. Fifty competing shelters from across the country will work to save at least300 more animals—during the months of August, September, and October 2012—than
they did over the same three-month period in 2011. As a result of previous Challenges,
participating agencies increased the number of lives saved by 7,362 in 2010, and in 2011,
further increased that by 8,977.


By competing in this event, ACC will raise the level of awareness in the community of the
many available and adoptable animals locally, and has the potential to be granted up to
one hundred-thousand dollars. The monies granted will be used to assist the nonprofit
rescues who are partnered with ACC in their efforts to place more animals in forever
homes.


For more information about the ASPCA Rachel Ray $100K Challenge, please call the San
Bernardino County Animal Care & Control Program toll free at 1-800-472-5609 or visit
www.sbcounty.gov/acc.

MEGA ADOPTION EVENT

Be a Hero to Our Homeless: Save 250 of San Bernardino's Furry Finest!
UPCOMING EVENTS: Homeward Bound Mega Pet Adoption Event:June 16 & 17  10 a.m. to 4 p.m.  Yucaipa, CA  Can't wait until our Mega Pet Adoption Event? Find Your 'Furever' Friend Today! Click here for a list of adoptable pets in your area.  Like Us On Facebook!   Show your support for Homeward Bound Project Adopt! Greetings!  We did it! Thanks to your votes, San Bernardino County Animal Care and Control is one of 50 shelters in the country competing in the ASPCA Rachel Ray $100,000 Challenge!  We are one step closer to reaching our goal of saving more lives than ever before in San Bernardino County. We appreciate your support and hope you will continue to rally for us through our new adoption campaign - Homeward Bound Project Adopt. See below for information on our kick-off Mega Pet Adoption event. We hope to see you there! Save a record number of pets this Father's Day weekend?  Challenge is ON! Do you want to be a hometown hero? Come out to the first-ever Homeward Bound Mega Pet Adoption Event this weekend and save our strays!  More than 15 animal rescue organizations and animal shelter facilities will look to you to help place 250 homeless pets in new loving and caring homes in San Bernardino County. Low-cost vaccinations, micro chipping, and lots of family activities will also be available. This special two-day event will serve as a pre-cursor to the County's participation in the ASPCA Rachel Ray $100K Challenge. Having already won the nomination for one of 50 competing shelters in the country, thanks to your votes, the County will work through events like the Homeward Bound Mega Pet Adoption Event to save at least 300 more animals between August 2012 and October 2012, than the same period in 2011. With our goals set for this weekend and the ASPCA Challenge, our eyes are on an even bigger prize - the chance to save so many more homeless pets by winning the $100,000 grand prize. Where & When  Jerry Lewis Soccer Complex, adjacent to Yucaipa Regional Park 33900 Oak Glen Road, Yucaipa, CA 92399 Saturday June 16 & Sunday June 1710 a.m. to 4 p.m.  Cost:  FREE admission FREE health screenings for all adopted pets Rabies Vaccinations - $6.00 Combination Vaccinations - $10.00 Micro-chipping - $20.00 Event Highlights: Entertainment and giveaways provided by KFRG 95.1 FM Face painting Food and drinks Pet vendors Giant slide And more! For more information visit us on Facebook or call us at  800-472-5609.
	http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2012/06/13/2-socal-animal-shelters-competing-in-aspcas-100000-challenge/

COMMUNITY STRIVES TO BREAK “FATHER’S DAY WEEKEND” PET ADOPTION RECORD

COMMUNITY STRIVES TO BREAK “FATHER’S DAY WEEKEND” PET ADOPTION RECORD

Local non-profits, agencies partner to help more pets find their
forever homes.


Hundreds of adoptable pets, low-cost vaccinations, micro chipping, and lots of
family fun will be available this Father’s Day Weekend at the first-ever Homeward
Bound Mega Pet Adoption Event!


This special two-day event brings together over fifteen (15) animal rescue
organizations and animal shelter facilities with the goal of attempting to place 250
homeless pets in new loving and caring homes. In addition, the County of San
Bernardino will be informing residents of their participation in the ASPCA Rachel
Ray $100K Challenge that will start in August 2012. Having already won the
nomination for one of fifty competing shelters in the country, the County will work
through events like the Homeward Bound Mega Pet Adoption Event to save at least
300 more animals between August 2012 and October 2012, than the same period in
2011, for a chance to win $100,000.


Saturday and Sunday, June 16 and 17, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.


Jerry Lewis Soccer Complex, adjacent to Yucaipa Regional Park
33900 Oak Glen Road, Yucaipa, CA 92399


FREE admission
FREE health screenings for all adopted pets
Rabies Vaccinations — $6.00
Combination Vaccinations — $10.00
Micro-chipping — $20.00


The Humane Society of San Bernardino Valley (HSSBV)
Yucaipa Animal Placement Society (YAPS)
Animals aRe First Fund (ARFF)
San Bernardino County Regional Parks Department
San Bernardino County Animal Care and Control (ACC)


EVENT
HIGHTLIGHTS:


Entertainment and giveaways provided by KFRG 95.1 FM
Face painting
Food and drinks
Pet vendors
Giant slide
And more!

ONCE AGAIN A DOG IS FAILED BY A DEVORE "ACTIVIST". THIS HAS TO BE STOPPED.

I have very good and informed readers. Once again I am able to bring you information that is bittersweet. Another failure by these "activists" who are condemning Devore when they need to clean their own houses.


Here is the original plea for Gladys along with 67 comments:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=413266594976&set=a.408722944976.59513.71459069976&type=3&theater

PetConnect.Us

GLADYS IS 14 YEARS OLD AND ABOUT TO DIE AT DEVORE. TODAY IS HER LAST DAY. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WILL TAKE THIS POOR OLD GIRL HOME AND GIVE HER A WARM BED, DELICIOUS FOOD AND LOTS OF LOVE FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE?

GLADYS - ID#A508339
URGENT - 14-YEAR-OLD SENIOR!!

I am a female, black and brown Labrador Retriever mix.

The shelter staff think I am about 14 years old.

I have been at the shelter since Oct 17, 2011.

Devore Shelter - Phone: 909-887-8055, Address: 19777 Shelter Way, San Bernardino, CA 92407

October 25, 2011

WHAT HAPPENED TO GLADYS/HOPE?

Here's some insight as to what happened to this poor dog, a victim of the "activists" of Devore. 

PetConnect.Us

Saturday

GLADYS was dumped in Devore at October 2011. On her last day she was "adopted" into a wonderful home in Northern California where she slept in bed with a child...oh wait, that was all a lie. At 14 years old she was exiled to the side of the adopter's house with no shelter in winter or summer and slept on garbage with another dog whose whereabouts are unknown. Gladys has to be out of the shelter by Wednesday, 6/13. Please help me find somewhere for her to go. She deserves a wonderful life...for however long she has...she has suffered neglect and cruelty at the hands of a person who was entrusted to love her. Who will give Gladys a bed, treats, good food, affection, care...and love? That's all she wants and that's what I want for her.

GLADYS (now HOPE) WAS ADOPTED LAST OCTOBER FROM DEVORE. SHE'S A LUCKY ONE THAT MADE IT OUT...OR IS SHE? SOMEHOW SHE ENDED UP IN A SHELTER UP NORTH (NO CAL). They were going to euthanize her, but found a chip which was traced to Devore. She was found in a home with other dogs and all of them were confiscated. Look at that white muzzle...this is an old girl; Devore had her as 14 years old, the other shelter has her as 11. She now has a bad skin condition and needs to see a vet. The shelter wanted to kill her, but luckily they found the chip. We have to get her to safety ASAP. There is a possible transport from No Cal to So Cal this week if anyone can help. There is no cost for this transport. THIS SITUATION IS EXTREMELY URGENT. Please help Gladys...she's clearly had a rough time since she left Devore...let's show her that life can be good with someone who loves you. 

Is this what you want for the Devore animals? Dumped, forgotten? Remember that Neil Derry has taken these very people under his wing. What is happening to the Devore dogs and cats that these "activists" are taking out? We have several examples on this blog, how many more do we need to stop these people? 

ONCE AGAIN ACTIVISTS SHOW THEY ARE THE WORSE ENEMIES OF SHELTER DOGS

These "activists" are the most cruel and hateful beings I have ever encountered. First they pulled dogs from Devore and abandoned them to the point of starving almost to death. Now they are employing tactics of transporting dogs to the unknown.

ON OCTOBER 2010 ROCCO WAS PULLED FROM DEVORE ANIMAL SHELTER...ROYCE PULLED HIM UNDER HER NAME..IT WAS ONE OF  OUR FIRST RESCUES  HER AND I DID TOGETHER...ROCCO HAD AN APPROVED ADOPTER..DAWN HANBY THE PERSON WHO WORKED WITH LA RESCUERS WAS FLYING THEIR DOGS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY....DAWN HANBY ENDED UP DENYING ADAM ROCCO WHEN HE GOT T0  THE AIRPORT TO PICK HIM UP....ADAM WAS TOLD ROCCO IS A VERY BAD DOG AND HE ATTACKS ALL THE OTHER LITTLE DOGS IN THE CRATES...SO ADAM LEFT WITHOUT ROCCO...THERE IS SO MUCH MORE TO THE STORY..I'M BRIEFLY TOUCHING ON IT...ROCCO WAS TAKEN TO DAWN HANBY'S HOME..THEN SHE TOOK IT UPON HERSELF TO FLY ROCCO TO ATLANTA, GA TO A FAMILY WHO ENDED UP BEING THE SUBJECT OF A ANIMAL CRUELTY CASE...JERRELL KING AND THE VERDELLS (MOM CANDACE) WERE ALSO RESCUING CHI'S OUT OF LA AND KERN COUNTY...I HAD NEVER HEARD OF THEM UNTIL I WAS INFORMED THAT ROCCO MAY BE IN SERIOUS DANGER...I HAVE BEEN ASKING,PLEADING, DEMANDING FOR 1.5 YEARS WITH DAWN HAMBY TO DISCLOSE ROCCO'S WHEREABOUTS I EVEN SENT AC TO HER HOME IN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON TO SEE IF ROCCO WAS THERE AND TO TRY TO GET ROCCO BACK....SHE REFUSED TO TELL US WHERE HE WAS...HER EXACT WORDS WERE YOU WILL NEVER FIND ROCCO...

FRIDAY MAY 25, 2012 1:46 PM 

GEORGIA AC CALLED THIS MORNING AND SAID THEY HAVE A DOG WHO IS CHIPPED TO ROYCE BORDES IN CUSTODY....HE HAS BEEN IN CUSTODY SINCE APRIL...THEY SCANNED HIM THE CHIP DID NOT SHOW UP..SCANNED HIM AGAIN THIS MORNING BEFORE THEY WERE ABOUT TO EUTHANIZE HIM AND HIS CHIP WAS LOCATED...

ROCCO PAID THE PRICE...FOR WHAT DAWN HANBY DECIDED TO DO WITH HIM..IT WAS NOT HER DECISION AND VERY WRONG...ROCCO WAS NOT HERS TO DO WHAT SHE PLEASED WITH...SHE STOLED ROCCO..

WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING ROCCO ON A PLANE AND FLOWN BACK HOME WHERE HE BELONGS...HE WILL GO STRAIGHT TO THE VET FOR EVALUATION AND TREATMENT..THEN TO MY HOME WHERE HE CAN HEAL BOTH PHYSICALLY AND MENTALL BEFORE BEING PLACED WITH A FOSTER FAMILY UNTIL HE IS RE HOMED..

PLEASE HELP US BRING HIM HOME....HE IS SO DESERVING OF THIS...HUMANS FAILED HIM TWICE..ONCE BY BEING DUMPED IN THE SHELTER...TWICE BY BEING ABUSED...OPEN YOUR HEART AND GIVE WHATEVER YOU CAN SPARE....THERE IS NOT ANY AMOUNT TO SMALL...

HERE IS HIS CHIPIN: http://californiabullycrew.chipin.com/rocco

WHILE YOU ARE AT IT, NOTE ALL THE CHIP INS THAT THEY ARE ASKING FOR. JUST HOW MUCH MONEY CAN ONE DOG MAKE FOR THESE PEOPLE AND IS THIS THE REAL REASON FOR THEIR ACTIVITIES?

Posted in Facebook on June 5, 2012:

California Bully Crew Rescue Inc

ROCCO AT THE HOSPITAL...HE WAS ADMITTED YESTERDAY...HE WAS BANGING ON THE CAGE WHEN WE LEFT...OH HOW IT BROKE MY HEART...ROCCO WAS RESCUED BY CALIFORNIA BULLY CREW AND ANGELS N PAWS RESCUE AT 7 MONTHS OLD FROM DEVORE ANIMAL SHELTER...WAS ADOPTED AND STOLEN BY HIS TRANSPORTER DAWN HANBY...WAS MISSING FOR 1 1/2 YEARS AND FOUND IN AN ATLANTA, GA ANIMAL SHELTER...HE WAS CONFISCATED DUE TO ANIMAL CRUELTY...WE HAD SOME WONDERFUL PEOPLE HELP ROCCO GET BACK TO SOUTHERN, CA..NOW ROCCO HAS A DEADLY DISEASE..IT IS A KILLER..IT IS CALLED HEART WORM...HE HAS TESTED STRONG POSITIVE...HE IS HAVING A HARD TIME WITH WALKING AND BREATHING...THE HOSPITAL IS PREPPING ROCCO FOR 3 DAYS..ON THURSDAY HE STARTS HIS HEART WORM TREATMENT..ONCE THE WORMS START DIEING OFF IT BECOMES LIFE THREATENING...POOR ROCCO HAS LIVED WITH ABUSE MOST OF HIS LIFE...COULD YOU PLEASE SPARE YOUR COFFEE YOUR LUNCH FOR ONE DAY TO HELP ROCCO...THE VET # IS 909-987-6224.....SAY IT IS FOR ROCCO..UNDER ROYCE BORDES..IT IS $500.00 JUST FOR THE MEDICATION...IT IS VERY COSTLY TO TREAT HEART WORM...WE CAN'T RESCUE AND HELP DOGS WITH MEDICAL WITH OUT YOU...SO PLEASE OPEN UP YOUR HEART AND YOUR WALLET FOR ROCCO'S LIFE...THERE IS ALSO A CHIPIN

The statement that "humans failed him twice" is incorrect. The horrible, crazed self proclaimed "activists" from Devore have failed him twice. And the other dogs. How many dogs have suffered and died at the hands of these "activists"? We may never know but we know enough to venture a guess.

ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF "ACTIVISTS" LIES AND RUMORS. WHY DO PEOPLE SPREAD RUMORS THAT HURT ANIMALS AND CAUSE EUTHANASIA TO RISE?

This particular email is circulating around and I think it is a prime example of the damage being done by the lies and accusations by the activists. Now, I can't speak to say that this email is actually on the level, an innocent inquiry, or it could be just another put on by the activists. What you should note is how inaccurate this writer's information is. This information is being distributed by the activists. It's such a shame that they continue to promote this bashing to the detriment of the Devore shelter animals. They are making those animals pay a price. If you want to help shelter animals, you tell the public how wonderful the shelter is, no matter what the situation. Painting a picture of a "hell hole" is not going to bring a family in to adopt, it sends them away. Now that family may end up with a rescue, thus a "hidden agenda" by the activists because they claim to be rescues, or that family may end up buying from a breeder or even buying from a pet store with puppy mill pets. Why can't they see how to help, rather than how to harm?


Worth the read and worth sharing. Things will never change at the Devore Animal Shelterunless more people are made aware of what goes on there and more people put pressure on to make change. Remember - it's YOUR tax dollars supporting this facility and their policies. 
Through her research, this woman determined that Devore has almost 75% higher euthanasia rate than aany of the surrounding shelters. This is a REAL problem that CAN change! (ACCORDING TO THE STATE REPORT, ANNUAL REPORT OF LOCAL RABIES CONTROL ACTIVITIES, DEVORE IS NUMBER 4 IN THE COUNTY FOR LIVE RELEASES. ACCORDING TO THE SAME REPORT THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO IS THE ONE WITH THE 75% EUTHANIZATION RATE. ) http://devoreshelterfriends.blogspot.com/2012/03/why-devore-devore-does-better-than.html 
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Subject: : The New Devore: The End of Devouring
From: Courtney Burnette 
To: DSmith@dph.sbcounty.gov bject: 

Good Morning Mr. Smith,
My name is Courtney Burnette. I recently became a resident of California; upon arrival in many reputable rescue organizations I have always heard the constant mutterings of “Devore”. (SHE WASN'T LISTENING TO REPUTABLE RESCUES AT ALL. DEVORE HAS 90 APPROVED RESCUES THAT WORK WITH THEM, SHE WAS LISTENING TO THE ACTIVISTS. HERE'S YOUR ACTIVISTS, COURTNEY, AND IT COVERS THOSE REPUTABLE RESCUES YOU SPEAK OF. http://devoreshelterfriends.blogspot.com/2012/01/not-happy-ending-for-devore-dogs-thanks.html I was hesitant at first; could these awful rumors really be true? (THEY AREN'T AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IN YOUR BEST INTEREST TO HAVE GONE A LITTLE FURTHER WITH YOUR RESEARCH. http://devoreshelterfriends.blogspot.com/2012/05/activists-changing-their-story-into.htmlI decided to research the facility in comparison with other facilities operating within a twenty-five mile radius, and I was shocked. The number of euthanized or PTS animals in your facility is almost 75% higher (72.3% to be exact) than any other facility within a ten, twenty, twenty-five mile radius. (I HAVE TO CHALLENGE YOU TO SHOW THAT "RESEARCH" FINDING. DEVORE IS 4TH IN THE COUNTY FOR LIVE RELEASE AND THAT IS PROVEN. NOW YOU PROVE YOUR STATEMENT. http://devoreshelterfriends.blogspot.com/2012/05/no-killactivists-plan-to-protest-devore.html)  I learned further the facility rejects volunteers-volunteerism, an immeasurable for resource for socializing, pet-drives, and facility maintenance, as well as basic levels of comfort (toys, bed-mats, blankets). (AGAIN THIS IS JUST NOT TRUE. THE SHELTER UTILIZES WORK RELEASE VOLUNTEERS AND WELCOMES VOLUNTEERS FOR THE 48 OUTSIDE ADOPTION EVENTS THEY DO A YEAR.) This left me speechless, this leaves me heartbroken to see animals lying on cold cement for whatever amount of time “deemed” appropriate. (THERE IS NO "COLD" CEMENT. THE FLOORS OF DEVORE ARE HEATED AND IF NECESSARY THE DOGS CAN BE INSIDE WITH ADDITIONAL HEAT.) I decided to visit Devore Animal Shelter, in San Bernardino, CA. I needed to know if these were exaggerations, or fabrications of the shelter’s conditions.

I entered the facility; Immediately noticing the depressive atmosphere of the facility, the disenfranchised staff, and austere demeanor of the clinic. The “exaggerations” were solid facts: I did not see toys, blankets, or bed-mats in any kennel. I did not see a clear-cut socializing process for rehabilitating “frightened” animals. The characteristics displayed from the dogs were not aggressive behavioral problems, rather fear induced behaviorisms. As I pressed a staff member for the process of diagnosing behavioral problems, I received the reply of a vague “exhibiting aggressive patterns”; I asked politely “What kind of behavioral patterns are deemed unadoptable?” The staff member could not articulate the “unadoptable behaviors”. (I HATE TO TELL YOU THIS, BUT YOU WERE AT THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO SHELTER, NOT DEVORE. CHECK YOUR GPS. IF YOU SAY DIFFERENTLY THEN I WOULD SAY THAT THIS NEVER HAPPENED, GET MY DRIFT?)

Mr. Smith at this point, you must feel I speaking in a very technical manner; I can speak in such specific terms, because I was a part of the socializing process in three separate clinics over the last ten years. I have worked with the Humane Society of America in Montgomery Alabama, Panama City Florida, and Albany, Georgia. I am therefore speaking from an educated-authoritative place. I would also like to add I have never encountered a facility that behaved in a defensive, secretive, and suspicious manner about their socializing process. Shelters usually are extremely happy to discuss the socializing process in detail; this is usually to reassure potential adoptees that the facility has taken every precaution, step, and measure to identify the strengths/weakness of an animal. I have spoken with a few different trainers, animal behaviorist specialists, and former shelter colleagues it was a unanimous agreement that basic comforts stimulate “real personality traits and flaws”; by stripping these animals of toys, blankets, socialization etc from the animal you are first creating behavioral problems and mislabeling the animal due to your own actions. (I CHECKED YOUR FACEBOOK.)

Mr. Smith while I am not personally attacking you or motives, I have never met you or know you, I am acknowledging the severe handicaps in your methods/management; Instead of utilizing the ingenuity and creative methods rescue organizations you have publicly belittled them for their apparent concern. Instead of creating a proactive volunteering-volunteerism resource that can improve community relations and adoption rates (The statistical data proving the effective use of volunteers in shelters is staggering! For every one active-volunteer the adopt rate raises 2.5%) you have turned this resource away. Instead of providing these animals, with limited window time, with a little tender, loving, care you have decided they do not need these “luxuries/comforts”. Mr. Smith you’re apparent war with the animal activist community is impeding your work or clouding your judgment. I ask you to reconsider your current practices that clearly do not work and fundamentally harm more lives than it has saved. I think you can see these rescue organizations will not stop protesting or insisting on needed change; In fact I think the protesting will become more vehement. (AND CONSIDERING THAT DEVORE IS BEING SUPPORTED ENOUGH TO HAVE ENDED UP AT NUMBER 8TH IN THE RECENT RACHAEL RAY CHALLENGE, I WOULD HAVE TO TELL YOU, LITTLE MISS KNOW IT ALL, THAT YOU ARE SO VERY WRONG.  http://devoreshelterfriends.blogspot.com/2012/04/show-of-support-pushes-devore-to-8th.html 

You need to ask yourself, if your motives are truly of the compassionate kind, why not change? Why not true a new way that could prevent the vast onslaught of euthanized animals? Why not show the world that “Devore Animal Shelter” could be a shelter worth funding and relying upon, because right now Devore appears just to be a death row cell in an assembly of apathy. (YOU NEED TO CHECK YOUR MOTIVES, MS. BURNETTE. ARE YOU AWARE THAT DEVORE/SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY HAS A NATIONAL AWARD WINNING SPAY/NEUTER PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN COPIED? IT HASN'T RECEIVED A CUT SINCE INCEPTION EVEN WITH THE TERRIBLE ECONOMY? SAN BERNARDINO CARES AND SOMEONE LIKE YOU, VISITING ONE TIME SO YOU SAY, WANTS TO CONDEMN. YOU SHOULD BE ASHAME.)

Sincerely,
Courtney Burnette


I will request for a response to this inquiry by Ms. Burnette and post it here. Stay tuned for that response because I can bet that it won't be posted by the activists. They don't want people to see a logical, reasonable answer. 

ONCE AGAIN "ACTIVISTS" LOSE - TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER AGAINST DEVORE DENIED!!

They just can't win. The County of San Bernardino was required to appear in court yesterday and today, at taxpayer expense of course, to respond to the frivolous filing of a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO). Why you say?


These activists want to save the life of a dog that bit a young child in the face, and was relinquished by the owner for euthanization. Now this owner showed responsibility because the owner felt something was wrong with this dog. The owner said past experience proved to the owner that the dog had a behavioral or temperament defect that jeopardize the family and the community if the dog were to become loose. The owner requested euthanization for the pet from the County.


So, in comes one of the "Savior" activists and the County was served on Memorial Day weekend with the court documents. 


Now please don't spit on your monitors when I tell you this, I don't make this stuff up. The filing party alleged that the biting dog was the beneficiary of a charitable trust and therefore should not be euthanized, instead to be released to a 501c3. WHAT?????? 

What is so absurd is that the charitable trust had absolutely no ownership to someone else's property. IN ADDITION, the charitable trust was set up AFTER the attack and the activists set up the trust strictly for the benefit of this dog. 

NOW I ASK YOU. WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE WOULD SET UP A TRUST FOR AN OFFENDING DOG AND NOT FOR THE INJURIES SUFFERED BY A CHILD? THIS IS SO WRONG.


Obviously this is just another failed attempt by these activists/terrorists to make the County look bad. The Court clearly denied the activists attempt to circumvent the owner's wishes, and right, to have their pet euthanized.


Such a fine example of how these activists elect to waste money, mine and yours. A waste of resources also that could be used to help adoptable animals in Devore is part of the plan of the activists. The County had to spend money to go to court on two days, the activists spent money on an attorney and coming to court for two days. How many sound, healthy animals could have been helped with this wasted money? And since when do these activists think they have the right to dictate to me or you when our pet can or cannot be euthanized? To allow them to do this means my pet, your pet can suffer rather than be euthanized at the right time, they will make us wait, the animal to wait, and we both will suffer. "No Kill" means suffering, they don't recognize it, they don't see it, they don't care about it.


UPDATE: THANKS TO A READER FOR SENDING THIS. 
Food and Agriculture Code 17005 states, "(a) It is the policy of the state that no adoptable animal should be euthanized if it can be adopted into a suitable home.
Adoptable animals include only those animals eight weeks of age or older that, at or subsequent to the time the animal is impounded or otherwise taken into possession, have manifested no sign of a behavioral or temperamental defect that could pose a health or safety risk or otherwise make the animal unsuitable for placement as a pet, and have manifested no sign of disease, injury, or congenital or hereditary condition that adversely affects the health of the animal or that is likely to adversely affect the animal's health in the future."