SEVENTY CARCASSES FOUND IN CAGES AT "NO KILL" SHELTER

This one makes you sick at heart. Note that this shelter took "castoffs from no kill shelters". How many more animals have to suffer to satisfy Nathan Winograd's ego? He talks about open door shelters when he needs to be cleaning up his own creations.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5haSLPieYNVfm0MZr3R6Q6hjF0pBg?docId=7000524


BUFFALO, N.Y. — A former animal rescue worker wanted in Georgia following the discovery of dozens of animal carcasses on her property was awaiting extradition Monday after being picked up at the U.S.-Canadian border.

Christiane Babic, 39, also known as Christiane Judd, arrived with her three sons at the Peace Bridge border crossing in Buffalo on Saturday after being denied entry into Canada. When records revealed that the German citizen is wanted in Long County, Ga., U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents turned her over to Buffalo police, agency officials said.

Judd, who authorities say is in the United States on an expired visitor visa, ran a 10-acre animal rescue operation with her husband in Ludowici, Ga., until earlier this month, when she called another rescue group to say she was leaving town. When workers arrived to look after the animals, they found dozens of dead cats and dogs, some of them in cages.

Investigators found roughly 70 carcasses at Loonie Farms, including at least four dogs that had starved to death. Some of the animals may have died from illness or been euthanized and not properly disposed of at the facility, which accepted castoffs from no-kill shelters and private residents, investigators said.

At least, Whino, the open door shelters don't let animals die in such a fashion. The blood of these animals are on your hands.


 

CRAZY BAT LADY STRIKES OUT!!!

The crazy bat lady in Texas has struck out thanks to the ACLU. This is a win for all of us trying to get the truth out there.

Here's my original post on this cruel woman.
http://workingtohelpanimalstodaytomorrow.blogspot.com/2011/05/youve-heard-of-crazy-cat-lady-now-meet.html

Her attorney who was embarrassed by another case of a man claiming to be a veteran and who had a pit bull as a "service" dog. http://blog.dogsbite.org/2010/12/fort-worth-pit-bull-owner-steven-woods.html  Would you call Randy Turner a slow learner, I would.

Now the ACLU has intervened and rendered a decision in favor of the activist.
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/05/28/18680622.php

ACLU tells lawyer Randy Turner that Indybay will not remove article about animal cruelty.

Kudos to Mary Cummins for exposing this cruelty!!

WHY ISN'T BRENDA BARNETTE BRAGGING ABOUT BEST F(R)IENDS SUPER ADOPTION?

BECAUSE IT WAS A SUPER FLOP!!!!

On May 26th, Breeder Brenda Barnette released Public Information: "Labor of Love: Volunteers in Action for Shelter Dogs"" bragging about Perla  beds donated to the shelters.  But we're all still waiting for her big report release on the Best F(r)iends Super Adoption last weekend.  Let me refresh  Ms. BB's memory. 

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This weekend, May 20 and 21, trumpets blew, bells sounded, drums were beaten and the media interrupted prime time news to announce that Best Friends of Utah was coming to town to put on the all-time SUPER adoption event in Los Angeles.

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But, whoa there, something didn't quite work out the way it was planned.  Afterwards, one of the Best Fiends spokesflunkies was assigned the task of telling the bad news so that it sounded like good news.  Heres' the way it was posted on the BF afterglow page. 
And according to this version by Best Fiends itself  http://network.bestfriends.org/17218/news.asp, IT WAS A REAL BUST!!

Sure enough, close to 1,300 animals showed up from 18 shelters and approximately 50 rescue groups, each ready to find his or her own happy ever after,  However, for the whole two-day event," there were only 284 same-day adoptions and 102 animals pulled from shelters to be placed safely into rescue groups (including Best Friends).". (Note: the 102 will just be local "relocations.)

And all the while, the real purpose of the SUPER adoption event was taking place quietly.  Best Fiends had its little workerbees collecting names and addresses and e-mail addresses so they can grow their donation base.  In plain language, that is,solicit donations, keep in mind Best Fiends is not really a local charity. They use Los Angeles and other big cities like NY and Phoenix to garner donations that go back into their coffers in Utah, and probably into their bank account in the Cayman Islands (according to their IRS 990.).

 But there's an even bigger picture.  Best Fiends wants to look good to the Mayor Lu Parker and  Los Angeles City Council, which is just about ready to give them a $19 million shelter in the Northeast Valley, the Mission shelter, for $1 a year and they don't even have to spend any of their own money and all they have to try to do is a few adoptions of city shelter animals, which won't cost them anything either.  The City and Lu Parker feel so blessed by BF's presence that it is even going to maintain the building, provide security forces, and they just had to throw in another bone---they will even pay the utilities so that Best Fiends will be comfortable and not have to bother itself by such trivialities.  After all the taxpayers can afford it.  It's worth laying off City employees and shutting down facilities, if Lu (and thus the Mayor) are happy, isn't it? 

BUT THE TRUTH COMES OUT... just a little sooner than BF expected.  Look at those adoption numbers? Do they justify the City giving away a new shelter to these people?  We were told they are the Pro's in adoptions.  I say this is pitiful.  The shelters could have done more than four, yes, 4,  adoptions (284 adoptions divided by 68 shelters/rescues) by leaving the animals in their local areas. 

So, does Best Fiends intend to make the Mission shelter into a "sanctuary"--probably for pit bulls?  Or will it become the "transport" hub of So Cal?  Where animals are shoved into cages in trucks with no air and shipped off into never-never land, where nobody knows their name (or their ID #)?  Is that what the Mayor calls a "world class shelter" in a "No Kill" city?  I've heard Lu Parker and I can't believe she'd either be part of this or let herself be used and made a fool of.  Not only a fool, but also part of one of the most inhumane practices that has ever been devised by the "No Killers" who want somebody else, somewhere else to do the dirty work. http://www.opposingviews.com/i/best-friends-of-utah-the-process-church-of-the-final-judgment-to-animal-society 

 If you don't believe this is true, Sweet Lu, ask Brenda Barnette how many actual records she has of those "forever" homes  by rescuers who were not really known by local rescuers (some of which get paid  just to pull shelter animals) but so promised them the animals would live happily ever after in Montana or Idaho or WA--maybe OR or Canada.  Wherever!.  And find out how many of the transporters are guaranteed $150 for each animal according to the e-mails floating around.  But nobody seems to know exactly where these pets end up---but they do know "it's all good!" 

So today's "Public Information" by BB should have been about this adoption event, one would think. Now one thinks, Barnette is so ashamed of the poor showing of her Best Buddies that she is trying to take the focus off and talk about Perla beds.   HUH???

 How many Barnette failures does it take, Mayor, Council?  Are you going to jerk around like you did with Boks?  Cut your losses while you can!

POLICE THYSELF - COMPANION ANIMAL PROTECTION ACT (CAPA)

I was reading the bullshit article by Breeder Christie Keith (who passes herself off as a journalist) this morning, ruined my breakfast for sure. It's too trashy even for this blog but it was in the SF Chronicle. She's pimping the Nathan "No Kill" Winograd's CAPA program. Do I have a problem with all of this program, no, I don't. Do I have a problem with certain aspects of this program, you damn right. As I see it the hands of an effect animal control program will be tied and it will placed communities in danger. These people can't seem to grasp that there is a two way street here, animal control is there for the public health and safety, the humane community is there to "save" them, thus the name "rescue".

Breeder Christie fails to mention those "HIGH PROFILE "NO KILL" shelters being busted for cruelty, does she? Why not, Christie, would it be the numbers show there are more of them than the "killing" shelters smeared by you and Winograd? I'm quite sure you have something of an excuse, you and your Messiah always are pushing lame excuses.

Whose suppose to pay for this, the taxpayers? You want taxpayer to pay for animals when the elderly don't have services, some go hungry, some go without medical services and medicine. You want the taxpayer to pay for animals when kids are at risk, when we need programs to keep them from gangs, drugs, etc. It's called priorities and the taxpayers have priorities. You want these things, expensive operations, vet care, so forth at the expense of the taxpayer when it should be at the expense of the non profits. People who care can then donate if they chose to have these things done for the animals. It should not be force upon them.

Volunteers, a love/hate relationship and "No Kill" is the reason for the hate part. Who wants to take a chance of putting a volunteer in who is on the extreme side and will probably be a troublemaker? Who wants to deal with people that call them killers? All Winograd's followers do is bad mouth shelters, calling them pounds, and turning off the public. So who wants to deal with those kinds of volunteers? Volunteers have to be supervised and most shelters are facing budget cuts and lost of personnel. I've found that sometimes, volunteers just aren't worth the time and effort.

In my book, if animals die in the shelters, it is the humane community who failed them, not animal control. We know they are there, why is animal control suppose to take valuable staff time to notify rescues? DUH, RESCUES, you know how to get to the shelter, go there, get them out. Why do you want animal control to do all the work? Get a map. You can't use the excuse that you have no room, DUH, you think a shelter has a magic pill that creates more space without animal losing lives? If you have the problem, imagine the problem animal control has, they can't just say that's it like you can.

Foster homes is something that is a thorn in my ***. I think that if someone wants to foster for a public shelter, that the foster home should agree to surprise inspections by animal control. Too many foster homes are nothing more than hoarders. If you are honest, then it shouldn't bother you, should it?

Temperament testing, another thorn. Again I say, animal control is there for the public health and safety. If an animal can't handle the stress of the shelter, then how does that animal handle all the stresses of being adopted? My opinion is to have well qualified staff to temperament test or even have a panel comprised of behaviorists to make the decisions. Again the question arises, are rescues prepared to provide for these "small" behavioral issues if they take them? If they aren't, then they are setting the pet and the family up for failure. and that ain't in the best interest of the pet.

Then we have those rescues who use the public kennels as a boarding kennel in hopes of "saving them all". I spoke with one shelter director who had 25% of his kennels tied up with dogs on hold for rescues that the rescues had put on hold for 5 to 30 days. Doesn't these rescues who do that realize that other dogs die because they are taking up that precious space? Don't you see how you are the problem, not the solution.

I wish we didn't have a need for shelters all together but ...  Let's keep the line drawn where it should be, animal control "rescues" them from the streets, abusive owners, irresponsible owners, etc. AND the humane community SHOULD BE RESCUING THEM FROM DEATH ROW. It is a failure of the humane community, those who so flippantly call themselves "rescuers". These are the ones who need CAPA more so than the open door shelters. POLICE THYSELF, NATHAN WINOGRAD, the solution lies within the humane community, not within animal control.

A PIT APOLOGIST CONFESSES!!!

This is meant as a satire and it could be funny if the issue wasn't so sad. Comments are welcome on the OV site and feel free.

http://www.opposingviews.com/i/two-thirds-of-fatalities-a-pit-bull-apologist-confesses

Ah yes, pit bulls, don't you just love them? I love them to the point that it doesn't matter the amount of damage they are doing, people need to change their ways to avoid the attack of a pit. I say that you need to lock yourselves in your homes, don't take out your trash, don't let the kids play in the backyard, don't walk down the street, especially with another dog.
And don't forget to block your windows and doors because pits will come through if you are provoking them by just being there. I just know that the grandmother who was sitting beside her grandchild and the pit came through the screen door and killed the child, had to provoked that pit bull, it was the grandmother's fault. After all pits are called the "nanny dog" and although that description has no basis for truth, you can repeat it anyway, no one will know the difference. http://thetruthaboutpitbulls.blogspot.com/2010/08/nanny-dog-myth-revealed.html
Pits are never at fault, the victims always are. The world needs to learn how to accommodate pit bulls instead of wanting to put restrictions on pit bulls. They are great, loyal pets. Forget about how many attack their owners, after all anytime there is an attack, it is the irresponsible owner to blame, not the pits. Pits can do no wrong.
So what that it is said that pits are committing two-thirds of the fatalities. We, as pit owners and apologists, know that we can always say there is no such thing as a pit so those figures are not credible. Another thing is that pits are misidentified and the media has a conspiracy to "get the pits". It makes for good headlines to blame a pit bull.
Yes, I know that it is not the reporter that identifies the attacking pit but we can always say that it is an ignorant reporter who doesn't know a chihuahua from a pit. http://thetruthaboutpitbulls.blogspot.com/2011/04/find-pit-bull.html Besides chihuahuas bite more than pits, use that the next time. Doesn't matter that a bite from a chihuahua probably won't land you in the hospital or a casket, compare those apples to oranges, the public doesn't know the difference. Always talk bites, compare bite records to fatality records, it is confusing to the general public.
Also refer to "dogs will be dogs" just like when a guy rapes a girl, they always say "boys will be boys". The public understands this. Just because pits were bred specifically to fight and kill, unlike other dogs that were bred to be of service to mankind, doesn't mean they are different. Just because a pit doesn't have the same body language of other breeds doesn't mean it is different. Watch pits in a fight, they are wagging their tails because they are doing what they were bred to do and they like it.
Most dogs, granted, will bite and run away but not our game pits, they don't stop even if it means their death. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=477_1296278090  This is typical behavior of a pit and I am proud of it. I don't want them to change, I like their gameness. I laugh each time my pits rip into another dog, some useless wildlife, and especially when they "play" with livestock.
Another excuse you can make is that pits are always misidentified. We pit apologists invented a wonderful way to prove that they are misidentified. Who cares when the police, the vets, and animal control identify a pit, what do they know? http://thetruthaboutpitbulls.blogspot.com/2011/04/find-pit-bull.html And always refer to the media conspiracy to "get the pits".
Tell people that the media only reports if a pit bull is involved and the reporter will deliberately misidentify to make a more sensational headline. I often imagine all the journalists in the world getting together to form this conspiracy.
Remember to always bring up the National Canine Research Council. The public falls for those big names, deceptive or not. Yeah, I know this is not a national type of thing, yeah, I know that the main person is a self published author who basically has failed to get her books picked up by a reputable publishing house. The point is the public doesn't know that. There are more sources you can quote such as the AKC. Sure the AKC allows puppy mill cruelty but they don't want any cruelty on their big litter producing money maker, pit bulls and Staffies. By the way, pits have several names and staffie is just one of them. The ignorant public may not want a pit as a pet but they might take a Staffordshire Terrier, sounds better.
Even HSUS and the ASPCA stand behind the pits. Yes, they are donor driven and would lose donations if they came out against pits but does the public know that? It's easy to see how they have been bought with the dogmen's money because of the change over the years. Sure they bust dogmen, but it is the little ones, not the big guys. The big guys use their donations to support this because it is the easiest way to "get rid of their competition", just turn them in to HSUS. Keeps them all in business. Dr Michael Fox, Director of the Institute for the study of Animal Problems, Scientific Branch, Humane Society of the United States:

"I spent 20 years studying  the behavior of dogs and it's not in their nature. Man, has created a monster, If you wish...These dogs were selectively bred to fight, they have greater propensity to fight than other animals."

"They can attack people, and because the attitudes of Pit Bulls it is more likely they will attack people.  The worry is the power of the dogs jaw...to bite and not let go. It's quite sufficient to crush right through a child's arm or leg."
Randall Lockwood is often used as a source but he has changed his stance because of the pressure that us pit apologists have placed upon him. How dare he call our dogs canine pschopaths. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/660427671.html?dids=660427671:660427671&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+19%2C+1986&author=Dianne+Dumanoski%2C+Globe+Staff&pub=Boston+Globe+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=A+HOT+DOG+GETS+THE+COLD+SHOULDER%3B+PIT+BULL+BREED+BANISHED+IN+LYNN%3B+LOYALISTS+ATTACK+%22CANINE+RACISM%22&pqatl=google
Let's hope no one delves into the background of the AVMA. People think of vets in the same vein as doctors and don't question their motivations. The AVMA stands on the side of breeders because they are agribusiness friendly. Plus their vets make a lot of money taking care of the victims of pits so their stance insures their members of continuing to make money and send the AVMA dues. Who cares that they issued to their vets a brochure about pits being dangerous in their waiting rooms and how to handle them. It's an old report. http://www.scribd.com/doc/13616704/Dos-and-Donts-Concerning-Vicious-Dogs-by-Donald-H-Clifford  Board members change and so do positions. We don't have to worry about them.
And the ASPCA, well they have put out literature on handling pits in shelters. Pits are the only breed that they dedicate literature to on their handling in the shelters. http://www.scribd.com/doc/14396422/ASPCA-Guide-to-Handling-Pit-Bulls-in-Shelter-Environments  Pits are soooo special!
We just can't seem to overcome the insurance industry's positions on pits. We have tried to force all insurance companies to insure pits, some do to an extent. So we just tell people to lie about the breed of dog they have. Too bad when there is an attack and the victim has no recourse to collect the hundreds of thousands of dollars for medical and the homeowner's insurance company says the homeowner misrepresented the dog so they won't pay. We don't care about the victims anyway, our pits are always innocent. Let the government take care of their injuries, let them sell their homes to give their kid a new face, it ain't our responsibility to support them.
And never mind the statistics that show regulation is reducing the euthanization of pits in shelters like Denver. Denver now has the lowest euthanization rate of pits in the entire country but don't tell anyone. http://www.dogsbite.org/pop-pit-bull-death-chart.htm Quote instead the stats from the hospital on bites. It works because the hospital serves outlying areas without regulation and all those bite cases are added in.
Makes it look like Denver has more bites since installing regulations. Aren't stats wonderful, you can always make them show what you want them to show. And if someone says anything about the Lancaster, California mayor who proclaims a 45% reduction in their crime rate since regulation and credits pit bull regulation for that reduction, just say that the mayor doesn't know what he's talking about.
Just remember defend pits no matter what against those Nazi, racist pit haters. Blame the victim, blame the "irresponsible" owner, blame cabin fever, whatever, just never blame the pit, they are always innocent. All they want to do is please us, they would die for us. Never mind what Randall Lockwood has to say that pits are six times more likely to attack/kill their owners. http://www.scribd.com/doc/16267151/Are-Pit-Bulls-Different-An-Analysis-of-the-Pit-Bull-Terrier-Controversy-by-Randall-Lockwood-and-Kate-Rindy  Lockwood is now on our side and we use him as a reference. Strange, isn't it, how loyalties change. Pits are loyal and they deserve everything. Defend the Breed Because They Love Doing the Deed and that is why we love pits.

BRENDA BARNETTE, WHY CAN'T YOU THINK IN TERMS OF SPAY/NEUTER?

Once again Brenda Barnette shows where her heart is, with pets that are pregnant, spraying, running away from home, aggressive, in other words, UNALTERED. Breeder Barnette just keeps missing those opportunities to deliver the word on spay/neuter. The ADL-LA complains there is no money for advertising, so what? Barnette wouldn't use the advertising dollars for the right thing anyway. She has access to free ink and fails to use it. She doesn't want LA to succeed, she wants to turn LA over to the "No Kill" cult groups so why should she do anything to make it better by getting the message out that altering is the law.

For Immediate Release                                        

May 17, 2011

Contact: Brenda F. Barnette, General Manager                                                                Email: Brenda.barnette@lacity.org                                                                                    Phone: (213) 482-9558

Making Harmonious Cat to Cat Introductions

Two (or three) cats can be better than one! With two cats in your home, your family will be able to enjoy the true social nature of cats and their relationship with each other. Having a playmate provides companionship and active stimulation during your absence and keeps both cats more playful and youthful in their later years. But how you prepare for the new cat’s arrival and how you manage the transition is very important.

Cats, in general, are very cautious of new places and things. They don’t like change in their lives, and it will take time – the amount will vary with each individual cat – for your new cat to adjust to unfamiliar surroundings. A kitten is usually easier to integrate into the household with a full-sized adult. Cats of opposite sexes usually get along better.

Here are a few tips to help provide a friendlier transition:

- Set the new cat up in a small “safe room,” a bathroom with a tiled floor or a confined space he can call his own for a week or so. Get new food and water bowls, a litter box, scratching post/pad and bedding. Visit him frequently with interactive toys, special treats and lots of hands-on loving during the first week.

- Feed your resident cat and the newcomer on opposite sides of the door of the “safe room” so they can smell each other and associate the new cat smell with an enjoyable experience. Gradually move the food dishes closer to the door until they are eating calmly directly opposite each other.

- Switch scents by switching their beds between the new cat and the resident cat so they have a chance to become accustomed to each other’s scent. Another option is to rub a small towel on each cat and place the towel from the opposite under the food dish of the other cat.

- Begin an exchange of living space once your new cat is settled in and eating regularly in the confined room. Let the new cat have some free time in the house while you confine the resident cat in the “safe room.” This is another way the cats can experience each other’s scents without meeting face-to-face. It also helps the new cat get comfortable with her new surroundings without experiencing the other cat.

- Securely prop the door open a crack so they can safely see each other for the first time when the cats seem to be relaxed with everything you have done so far. Place treats on each side of the door and connect two toys with several inches of string slipped under the door so they can try playing with each other.

- When the cats seem to be calm in each other’s presence, it’s time to open the “safe room” door and let her out for a few minutes. The length of time should be increased gradually. Always allow the new cat an escape path back to her “safe room” if needed.

This process may take a few weeks or a few months depending on the personalities and territorial needs of the cats. If from time to time your cats become hostile or fearful, return the newcomer to the “safe room,” close the door and let them calm down. Back up one stage in this process and begin again. Minor setbacks don’t ruin a growing friendship, but an aggressive encounter will be remembered a long time and should be avoided. The time you spend slowly orchestrating a proper introduction of your cats will eventually be rewarded with years of harmonious habitation and loving companionship.

The mission of the Los Angeles Department of Animal Services is to promote and protect the health, safety and welfare of animals and people.  Call us at 1-888-452LA-PET1/1-888-452-7381 (TTY Hearing impaired: 877-875-8205) or visit the website at www.LAAnimalServices.com to learn more.

Now we all know that the first thing you do to intergrate a cat into a household is HAVING IT ALTERED!!!!! Otherwise the owner will lose their mind dealing with an unaltered cat. Brenda, the rest of us aren't breeders, we want pets altered, we want to stop the births of pets that will end up in the shelters. You obviously feel differently. When are you leaving, soon is not soon enough.

BRENDA BARNETTE -- LIAR, LIAR, PANTS ON FIRE

Thus far, Breeder Barnette has not answered my challenge to show all those places where they are no longer euthanizing for time and space. She continues to send transports into areas, taking away homes, and shelter animals are dying from this. Here's an article attesting to the fact that Portland has an overpopulation problem with pets, yet BB continues to send dogs into the area.

http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/anna_griffin/index.ssf/2011/05/portland_couple_pushes_multnom.html#postComment
Jon Gramstad and Barbara Spears are less concerned with such warm and fuzzy details than they are with the cold, unhappy numbers: Forty-three percent of the 8,300 dogs and cats brought into the shelter last year ended up dead.

Does this couple mention all those dogs going to the Humane Society from California and the impact that has on that figure? NO, BECAUSE THEY ARE TOO DRUNK ON THE KOOLAID OF NATHAN WINOGRAD!! AND BRENDA BARNETTE IS MAKING SURE THEIR CUP IS FILLED WITH THAT KOOLAID!!! This couple needs to work on stopping those transports that are taking the homes from those shelter animals instead of pimping a program that has proven itself to destroy open door shelters.