THE TRUE ECONOMICS OF "NO KILL"

Austin is finding out the hard way what it costs. How many times have the advocates of "No Kill" pitched it as being more financially friendly, too many times to count. The truth is that they lie, the costs run through the ceiling and fairly fast.


Look at Rancho Cucamonga, going from $770,000 a year to over $2.5 million and still can't declare itself "No Kill". The State of Delaware fell victim to Nathan Winograd's Companion Animal Protection Act and the results there are devastating. http://delawarecapa.blogspot.com/2012/04/millions-of-dollars-common-sense.html


This article points to the continuing begging by Abigail Smith for more money, more money, more money. Does she think money grows on trees? Or is she barking up the wrong tree with "No Kill"?


http://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2012-07-27/1-million-the-next-price-tag-on-no-kill/

Hundreds of animals are in foster homes, and shelter staff have had to be creative in order to house the overabundance of animals sleeping under AAC's quonset hut roofs. As of last week, wire crates filled with kittens could be found on tables in the shelter's main conference room. For months, staff has been finding room for dogs in cages in the stray- and surgery-holding areas. At last week's HHS meeting, Council Member Mike Martinez referenced anonymous statements from shelter volunteers claiming that the staff is overburdened, that health and safety issues are being overlooked, that they'd seen one dog receive chemical burns on the pads of its paws after being returned too quickly to a recently cleaned cage. Martinez said he wanted to make sure "we're not neglecting things in our quest to up the live-outcome rate."

Whoa, kittens all over, running the risk of disease, what about adequate ventilation in that conference room? Dogs held in stray hold areas being exposed to diseases as well? Does this strike you as good sheltering practices? Hundreds in foster homes as if they don't have enough in their shelters? Plus they are now in two shelters instead of one. 


Austin is an accident waiting to happen, another Lied, Nevada. Not only the cost to the taxpayers, but the cost to the animals in the shelter, they will all pay the high price of believing in a program that has failed over and over. Yet this is the program being offered by the Devore terrorists. It is a program of destroy not help.

WITH "NO KILL" FRIENDS, SHELTER ANIMALS DON'T NEED ANY ENEMIES

As reported in the previous blog post, No Kill El Paso adopted out a puppy without any kind of checking, no home check, no reference check, nothing. The puppy was found abandoned in the desert two months later, and had received injuries, according to the vet, that were trauma injuries, aka cruelty. No Kill El Paso could not produce a verifiable address or phone number, all false info. 
http://www.kfoxtv.com/news/news/abused-puppy-left-dead/nPYz8/#cmComments

A puppy adopted from No Kill El Paso animal shelter had been left for dead in the desert two months later.

Now we have San Antonio Pets Alive! being accused of cruelty and neglect. For those of you who aren't up to date, San Antonio Pets Alive! is a branch of Austin Pets Alive!, the ones who brought "No Kill" to Austin. And you can also note that Ryan Clinton is very closed mouthed right now. 
http://ksat.preview.ib-prod.com/pns/servlet/page/view/pns-ant/news/defenders/-/478436/15705952/-/e7kg1yz/-/index.html

A San Antonio organization committed to saving animals is being accused of not providing proper care to cats and kittens, resulting in many deaths.

San Antonio Pets Alive contracts with the city to help adopt out dogs and cats, but now several volunteers say the organization is not providing proper medical care, driving away volunteers and neglecting kittens to the point of death.

Shari Pearson took video of some of the kittens suffering and posted them on YouTube. They show sick kittens, medical supplies in plain view and a lack of staff. They were shot at the San Antonio Pets Alive kitten rescue on Marbach Road. One video even shows someone returning a dead kitten that they had kept stored in a freezer.

"It appeared that some of them had starved to death and we would actually find dead kittens," Pearson said.

Plus the Spindletop "sanctuary" bust where all the "No Kill" followers were taking pits pulled from shelters, one has to ask, with friends like these, who needs enemies. Scams, horror stories abound in the "No Kill" world, but does their leader talk about them? Nope, just condemns the agencies that bring them to light. This is an interesting statement by someone who took a local pit to this sanctuary on June 17th. In a month's time, this same sanctuary was busted for cruelty. How can this woman not be able to see something was wrong? This place didn't get in this shape in a month's time. 

Marissa, another dog owner who was in court Friday, rescued her Pit Bull named Bella from a “high kill” shelter in Los Angeles. She then fostered Bella for eight months and was trying to find her the best home possible when she was referred to Spindletop by multiple other rescuers. She dropped off Bella on June 17. (Did any of the Devore pits end up here?)

“I interviewed Leah myself, toured the property…or what she would let me tour,” Marissa said. “It seemed like an amazing facility and I know that’s pretty much where we all were with it.” (But a month later it is a hellhole?)

http://montgomerycountypolicereporter.com/?p=48597

"No Kill" has always been blind to the damages it is doing with our shelters. What is scary is that it is blind to itself. The blindness is leading to more hoarding situations and suffering. More and more this is coming out. The truth doesn't stay hidden for long.

THE SCHEMES AND SCAMS OF "NO KILL" ARE IN THE HEADLINES THIS WEEK

This has been a bittersweet week. The Colorado atrocity certainly is a tragedy and it is difficult at best to write about some other tragedies but in the humane world.


There's a new game in town called "ChipIn". This is a biggie on the social sites. http://www.chipin.com/overview
One can see how this can benefit legit charities, yes indeed. The humane community has distorted it however, thanks to those following "No Kill". Some ChipIns are used properly in that an animal is already in the hands of a rescue and needs medical attention beyond that of normal. Then again, many ChipIns are being used to benefit someone's pocket. Supposedly the system is that when another rescue pulls the pet that has a ChipIn, the rescue soliciting for the ChipIn sends the ChipIn to the pulling rescue. However, I see on many Facebook pages that this is not being done, plus there are too many individuals, not 501c3s, doing this. A real 501c3 would find it hard to justify donating money to an individual per guidelines for non profits. Confusing, I know. 


And to rub salt into the wound, once a rescue who committed every crime in the book, pulling, sending off to God only knows, and getting caught, they ask for more ChipIns to heal the poor animal they didn't care about to begin with. There's a few examples here: http://www.workingtohelpanimalstodaytomorrow.blogspot.com/2012/07/no-kill-rearing-its-ugly-head-everywhere.html

A portion of the above link is appropriate here.http://www.kfoxtv.com/news/news/abused-puppy-left-dead/nPYz8/#cmComments 
A puppy adopted from No Kill El Paso animal shelter had been left for dead in the desert two months later. No Kill El Paso has been constantly trying to find the family who originally adopted and abandoned socks, but the address listed on their adoption forms doesn't match and no one is answering the phone or returning emails.
EXCUSE ME? The address listed on their adoption forms doesn't match???? Then one can reasonably assume that they didn't do a home check. This is not a public shelter, this is a rescue, rescues do home checks. In other words, they are guilty of giving this puppy to an abuser, no concern with quality of life, typical of "No Kill.
Then to add insult to injury, this same rescue who failed this puppy once is asking for money to heal the puppy that they failed. They need to have charges brought against them for neglect because not doing a home check in my book is neglect.
And look who this rescue follows and promotes. http://www.nokillelpaso.org/no-kill-el-paso.html

It's noted all over Facebook, that ChipIns are being asked for animals still in the shelter. Wait a moment, what if the pet is not pulled from the shelter, what happens to those ChipIns?

TIERRA - ID#A532220 5-MONTH PUPPY! NOW RESCUE ONLY! LIKELY SICK WITH URI!! NEEDS OUT NOW!  $115 pledged on FacebookI am a female, brown and white Chihuahua - Smooth Coated. The shelter staff think I am about 5 months old. I have been at the shelter since Jul 10, 2012. This information is less than 1 hour old.MEGAN - ID#A532367 VERY URGENT!! NEEDS OUT TODAY! $165 pledged on FacebookI am a female, brown and white Pit Bull Terrier. The shelter staff think I am about 1 year old. I have been at the shelter since Jul 11, 2012. This information is less than 1 hour old. I have seen as much as a $1500 ChipIn for a pit bull sitting in a shelter. So someone sits at their computer and asks for ChipIns for pets still in the shelter. How many others are asking for ChipIns on the same pets? Approved rescues from Devore receive animals free of charge, so can one assume that these ChipIn requests are not from these approved rescues? And why does Devore have approved rescues? Because it is in the best interest of the animals to know who is what, not these computer potatoes claiming to be rescues. Someone made the comment to me that this is a great business to be in, out of work real estate agents can sit at home and rack in these ChipIns, making a darn good living. There have been other schemes and scams to come to light recently as well. Boggs Mountain Humane is being investigated for taking money from owners who surrendered their pets based on the claim of "No Kill". And all the while Boggs Mountain, a "respected" "No Kill" shelter, was sending those pets off to be euthanized.  http://www.petside.com/article/animal-shelter-fraud-boggs-mountain-humane However, sadly this was not the case.  According to the investigative report published on My Fox 5 Atlanta, Boggs Mountain Humane “No Kill” Shelter’s generous and unique program is allegedly a scam. Bogg Mountain Humane Shelter’s claim for helping homeless pets could not be more seductive and duplicitous. Randy Travis, a FOX 5 I-Team reporter, went undercover to investigate some of the disturbing rumblings he was hearing about the less “humane” conditions at Boggs Mountain Shelter. What he discovered shocked him. Travis learned from “whistle blower” staffer Lynne Cousins that the Boggs Mountain Humane Shelter’s “no-Kill" claim was a lie. The shelter compounded their deceit by making arrangements for these “lucky” dogs and cats to be euthanized, then sending “good news” emails to the donors letting them know their sponsored pet was adopted. Cousins was dismissed shortly after Travis’ story was released.  Read more about the investigation and watch the undercover video. http://www.theclaytontribune.com/view/full_story_free/19451089/article-Concerns-plague-Boggs-Mountain-Shelter-?instance=breakingNews_article Effective immediately, Boggs Mountain Humane Shelter director Lowanda "Peanut" Kilby has been placed on "indefinite paid administrative leave" by the shelter's board of directors after recent live footage sparked many community members to question the integrity of the shelter that has been trusted as a “no kill” shelter for years. http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Ex-worker-No-kill-animal-shelter-duped-owners-3730941.php One woman, Dede Dosedel, cried after learning that the $140 she paid only kept a dog alive for 15 days. Records obtained by WAGA-TV showed that eight minutes after the animal was killed, Dosedel received an email from the shelter claiming the dog had been adopted. Then we have the major "sanctuary" bust in Texas, a "sanctuary" that was being fed pit bulls from shelters pulled by the followers of "No Kill". These people had to have seen the conditions of this "sanctuary", yet they left these dog there anyway. "They're alive" they scream as they drive away leaving pits to die in their crates of heat.  I saw this in an article, written by someone who had pits at this sanctuary, a big supporter of "No Kill" also. Many of us had already begun to receive hate mail and Facebook postings suggesting we, the rescuers, were the ones to blame for this tragic and horrible abuse. The event was beginning to smack and reminiscent of how victims are treated after being raped, as if they are the criminals. Not quite the same. These rescuers made a decision to send those dogs there, they had to have known, how can you miss what has been described? They are to blame, how many people donated to them for this sanctuary?  http://www.examiner.com/article/hoarding-for-dollars-inside-the-spindletop-nightmare So many questions lay unanswered. What about the 38 dogs who died a horrible death in the Morgan Building, their mass gravesite filled with rotting and decomposed bodies. These were dogs Leah Purcell and James Brewer continued to collect money for their boarding and care. Hundreds of thousands of dollars are estimated to have been obtained through Paypal and other means from across the nation. How much did Zandra Anderson, Texas Dog Lawyer, know? She continues to post on Facebook that Stella, on of the identified 38 dead dogs is 'adopted'. What is the position of the Texas Bar Association on members of the bar insinuating themselves in a criminal investigation with knowledge of criminal activity? We understand she needs to make a good living, but this is extreme. Surely there is money to be made in some other branch of legal representation. (Zandra Anderson has very close ties with the AKC, too close.) Did any Devore dogs end up in this sanctuary? This is the result of those who follow "No Kill", just like the terrorists that attack Devore in the name of "No Kill". There are schemes and scams galore developing around "No Kill". Transport schemes are another one, pets going to where is anyone's guess. Some of these are even linked to dog fighting. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFf0_fFkU5s This blog has several horror stories of this scam of transports. Just do a search for transport to see what is happening on that front. There's too much to be repetitious here. www.workingtohelpanimalstodaytomorrow.blogspot.com   What makes for donations, a sob story, of course. Telling people you rescued this poor dog off the euthanization table in a hellhole like Devore brings those donations in. Asking for ChipIns to pull from Devore when, if you are an approved rescue, you get the animal for free, is easy money. Am I making it clear to see the true agenda of these Devore terrorists?

COULD THIS BE THE REAL REASON FOR THE "ACTIVISTS" COMING AFTER DEVORE?

In the world of humane non profits dealing with animals, a sob story is worth a lot of money. No sob story, fewer donations. Thus the story of the "activists" of Devore. They have deliberately lied about Devore, making it into a picture of a "hellhole". Now if they painted a beautiful picture of a shelter with well cared for guests, do you think they would get as much money?


This is an interesting article. http://alegalknot.wordpress.com/2012/05/09/face-crooks-on-face-book-is-this-what-rescue-has-become/

Face Crooks on Face Book, is this what Rescue has become ?

What once was a new and innovative way to save animals from a Shelter, a hoarder or an abusive situation has now become an open playground for those to do more harm than good to these helpless animals.

One has to wonder why is it taking Paypal and the IRS so long to stop this fraudulent activity?

( Send any complaint issues with Paypal to compliance@paypal.com )

I hope before anyone donates to a Chip In or even thru PayPal they ask a few hard-hitting questions. Ask who is actually receiving the animals, their name and address, what Vet will this animal be taken to once removed or pulled from a Shelter, their contact info and I would suggest calling the Vet to verify they do in fact have that animal in their care. How is the animal getting from point A to point B? Is there a long distance transport involved, if so what is their name, who is the driver and what is their USDA APHIS License Number.

It’s your right to ask questions, along with to ask to view any receipts that you give a cause where they are asking the general public to contribute.

Know your rights as a donator and do not allow them to simply block you on Face Book when you ask these hard-hitting questions. After all if they are legit why would they mind giving you this information?

Food for thought, if you donate thru Paypal for any Animal Rescue cause you have the right to dispute the donation thru the Paypal links and they will follow-up with a full investigation of what took place. Paypal will ask the receiver of the finds to produce receipts and documentation of this event, if they can’t, then your money will be refunded to you. Never feel as if it’s not your right to ask where your money is going and if indeed it actually went to the cause you intended to send it to.

If you feel you have been taken advantage of and can not get Paypal to assist you then follow-up with an email to the IRS with any and all documentation that you can supply them. You can email them ateoclass@irs.gov

Cruise any of the Facebook pages for the Devore "activists", see all the chip in's they are asking for and most of these are dogs still sitting in the shelter. How many other "rescues" are collecting chip in's on the same dogs? I saw one dog had $1500 in chip in's and still was sitting in Devore. Is this scam easy to follow or what?

THE JOKE IS ON THE DEVORE ACTIVISTS WHEN IT COMES TO THE ANIMAL COMMISSION

Yes you heard that right. They are sitting back not realizing the full implications of this move and I, for one, think it will turn into their worst nightmare.

The County has always said it has nothing to hide and for this reason they are willing to meet every 90 days to demonstrate what they have said repeatedly in the past, that the County is in full compliance with the law. This Commission will give the County the opportunity to once again confirm for the "activists" that the County is exceeding the State's minimum standards for operation of the Devore shelter. The Grand Jury just recently complimented the County and issued a report with no response necessary. That means they found nothing to have the County fix. The Grand Jury received complaints from the "activists" and nothing was found from those. 

These "activists" need to be prepared to once again be proven wrong about the County. This Commission is not in their favor although they think it is. The Commission will show their support for the County and be able to counter the "activists" criticism and attacks. The Commission will be a barrier between the County and these "activists" and hopefully that will free up time so that the County can attend to the real business of saving lives.

This is one of those be careful of what you wish for, you just may get what you didn't want in spades. Can't help but laugh, wrote all of this with a smile. 

TERRORISM COMING FROM THE OUTSIDE

My, my, my, can anyone say "sore losers"? Yep the terrorists are acting like a bunch of sore losers, very child like. 


For prosperity, I am putting some comments up on this blog that were made on Facebook about the recent Grand Jury findings. I also am putting up where these comments come from. We are being attacked from all over, this isn't our citizens doing this.


Pets On Death Row Southern California

The Grand Jury report is a joke. These people went into the shelter, probably spent about an hour or so there, and everything looked fine on the outside. If they went there posing as members of the public wanting to adopt, how would they know how many dogs are actually taken to the playgrounds for exercise, who is training the animals, how or how often, and how often the dogs are walked? I wonder how long they actually stayed and the shelter to gather this data?

This group is based in New York yet they pretend to know all about Devore. They condemn our citizens who were on the Grand Jury.

Dogs For Life Very disappointed to hearthe results of the Grand Jury. We're in NorCal, but are painfully aware of the horrendous operatons at Devore. We'll be bringing the results of the Grand Jury to the attention of our No Kill constituents. We support you.

Based in San Francisco but knows all about Devore - NOT.

Rosana Cheung Well, looks like some smells of conspiracy here.

June 29 at 9:27pm via mobile · 2

Law school student, wonder if she is passing her courses.

Phil Eby Where is the justice?

June 30 at 5:38am

His biggest thing on Facebook is donating blood. Wonder if he realizes all the blood that has flowed because of his allegiance to these terrorists?

Lyle Lanes Lyle Lanes They had to have had a heads up that this was all going on, to clean their act up! I don't buy this decision for one minute, and I will continue to fight for these animals against Devore until I'm gone!

July 1 at 12:50pm

This one lives in Montana yet thinks he knows it all.

These are but a few of the comments condemning the good men and women who served on the Grand Jury. We aren't being attacked by our own citizens, no, in fact San Bernardino showed the world how it supports Devore when Devore was voted 8th in the nation during the Rachael Ray Challenge.

Are we going to allow these outsiders to continue to degrade Devore when all the evidence is showing that they are completely and totally wrong? Josie tried to point this out at a Board meeting when she asked these terrorists to share where their homes are. She should be applauded for doing this but instead she is condemned by the terrorists. If the shoe were on the other foot, the terrorists would want their Board of Supervisors protecting them. 

"TIS THE SEASON FOR THE SHRILLS, THEY ARE OUT IN FORCE

The infamous "No Kill" shrills are keeping the internet hot these days. They are running scared right now. Susanne Kogut in Charlottesville, VA was just kicked to the curb. With the forced early retirement of Schneider in Reno, the house of cards has already fallen, now the cornerstones are leaving as well.


Seems there is a new shrill on the scene. This shrill is writing pieces against PeTA, but not so much as he is pimping "No Kill". Classic example of those pimping "No Kill", bought his pets from breeders, has no shelter experience, nothing to back himself up. He drank the koolaid and now he's learning a hard lesson. http://www.workingtohelpanimalstodaytomorrow.blogspot.com/2012/07/who-is-douglas-anthony-cooper.html

Aside from this foolish shrill, there seems to be more foolish shrills. This one has started a petition about Devore and she lives in Montana. Look at the signatures, how many are from San Bernardino? How many of those do you think have ever even been to Devore? http://www.change.org/petitions/to-josie-gonzales-stop-the-unnecessary-killing-at-devore-animal-shelter

But what about this one who lives in New Hampshire. I mean to say she is 4000 miles away and wants to condemn a shelter she has never seen?????

Greetings,

I just signed the following petition addressed to: To: Josie Gonzales, Doug Smith, Mrs. Kelly Papp, Gov. Jerry Brown

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Stop the unnecessary killing at Devore Animal Shelter!

Please sign to call for an investigation of the dishonesty that goes on in this shelter due to their discrimination of certain breeds and their timely put to sleep time. There is mishandling of animals and misinformation reported to prospective adopters to discourage adoption. And even if the adopter is still interested, they can pull the dog and put them to sleep. To increase awareness of what is going on inside this animal shelter. There needs to be a reform/investigation of the practices at Devore. There needs to be investigation practices whereas the facility does not know when someone will be arriving to do such investigation. Possible removal of the people in charge. Dogs and Cats are killed daily, and not even given a fair chance to be adopted. Money is being raised constantly by outside sources to rescue these animals, only to have them put to sleep before being able to assemble needed practices, paperwork, etc. This is sickening! This needs to stop, these poor animals deserve a chance!
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Sincerely,

Tammy Lord
franklin, New Hampshire

It is indeed a scary thought that these sorts of people live among us. This is a cultist attitude, following with mindless abandon. Such is the cult of "No Kill".