tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-250375022024-03-16T04:40:31.479-07:00LA Animal WatchPROVIDING INFORMATION AND ANALYSES OF ANIMAL ISSUES IN LOS ANGELES
http://losanglesveterinarian.blogspot.com/Ed Muzikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13214241089861837159noreply@blogger.comBlogger1378125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25037502.post-12477604003499442015-06-24T15:14:00.001-07:002015-06-24T15:14:51.475-07:00<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="line-height: 22.9999980926514px;"><span style="font-size: large;">My 97 year-old mom is in the hospital after a fall 11 days ago. She was released the same day as the fall 11 days ago because she did not break any bones and there was no detected internal bleeding.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 22.9999980926514px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yesterday she went back to the ER because of increasing pain in the right abdomen. She has had all kinds of tests, and one possible problem is a precancerous lesion lacted in the stomach 2 years ago, but most docs there think the pain is secondary to the fall. They can’t find the source, but are being forced to release her even though she has been on her back for ten days and can’t sit up because they can’t find anything that requires hospital treatment under the new, Affordable Care Act guidelines.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 22.9999980926514px;"><span style="font-size: large;">All are released from the hospital because patients can’t stay in the hospital if they can be treated on an outpatient basis.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 22.9999980926514px;"><span style="font-size: large;">The docs tell me this is especially true with elderly Medicare patients, and the doctors have no say as to how long a patient stays. If nothing is found that MUST be treated in a hospital, they must be released, even with pneumonia, open wounds, and other conditions for which they would have been kept in the hospital and treated before Obamacare.<br /><br />The docs said that the most severe restrictions are on the Medicare elderly, likely due to the $700,000,000 billion taken out of Medicare to fund Obamacare (ACA).<br /><br />These docs universally say this is the new state of Medicare and the new medical system created by Obama—they have no control over patient care. Care provided is all a matter of government restrictions on stay and treatments, which are most onerous on the age and conditions of the elderly. These doctors are angry and say the system is not treating the elderly as they should be treated, and were treated before Obamacare destroyed Medicare.<br /><br />In a sense, we have a “gentle form” of “Death Panels” that the Republicans warned about, but they are living people that are making decisions not to treat the elderly, but the words and regulations written into the Affordable Care Act.<br /><br />Obamacare may cover more people now than before, but it has done soon the backs of Medicare and the elderly.</span></span>Ed Muzikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13214241089861837159noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25037502.post-67447717332616936352015-06-17T18:19:00.001-07:002015-06-17T18:19:42.690-07:00THE MOST AMAZING THINGWhat is the most amazing thing you cn think of? The Grand Canyon? Niagra Falls? That the universe is 15 billion light years across? Atomic energy? The human mind? Television? That society seems to work at all with all its complexity?<br />
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I think the most amazing thing is me, and by proxy, you!<br />
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We are alive. We see, feel, touch, smell, and taste both the external world and our bodies. Every morning when we awaken, the world is there for us to experience. And, one day were were not; then we were born, and gradually became consciousness of the totality of existence which gradually separated into self and personal experience, and the world, and “real,” external, and public existence.<br />
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These clumps of complex matter, of proteins, cells, molecules, nervous system, brain, blood, bile, etc, somehow become self-aware and even communicate their awareness to others in words, gestures, voice tones, and mood. This collection of atoms, quarks, electrons, somehow became self-aware, and also aware that others had this same awareness.<br />
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What a miracle. This is the most amazing thing I can think of. We have become alive! From nothingness and non-existence, bodies came alive and became aware. From nothing, from non-existence, I came alive. How wonderful is this?<br />
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Yet most people seem overcome by negative moods about themselves and about society and the world. Why, because they have been hypnotized that life itself was not enough. You had to have things, accomplishments, titles, money, possessions, children, etc., and we think, think, and think, and fall short of what we should have and should be.<br />
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This is Buddha’s discovery: drop thinking about what you should be or should have and dwell in the miracle of your own being, and you will be happy, peaceful, and radiant.<br />
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It is also the spirituality of Jesus, or God becoming carnate, fleshy, embodied, and talking of the kingdom of heaven, while saying the direction towards that heaven was by forgetting your own concerns and wealth and take care of others. Again, getting attention off og your own desires and judgments of falling short or measuring successes on a daily basis, live to help other sentient beings as you would have them help you.<br />
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I say, shut the fuck up. Stop all your thinking about Ramana, Nisargadatta, Christ, Jeff Foster, Tolle, Robert Adams tell you about yourself, and as much as possible, live in yourself, your own experience, feeling it deeply, sinking into your experience, without judgment, without stories, without running commentary, and just feel within, and feel the world without, FEEL, not think. FEEL, not judge. FEEL the Self within, and there you will find God who is you, your core and deepest Self.Ed Muzikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13214241089861837159noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25037502.post-18604024472145982122015-06-15T08:03:00.002-07:002015-06-15T08:03:30.708-07:00<span style="font-size: large;">JOB OPPORTUNITY</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Contact: edwardmuzika(at)gmail(dot)com ASAP</span>Ed Muzikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13214241089861837159noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25037502.post-38300587010895955042013-10-11T17:37:00.000-07:002013-10-11T17:37:06.620-07:00FOR LATE INFORMATION ON ANIMAL ISSUES IN LOS ANGELES--LINK<span style="font-size: large;">I no longer have the time to dedicate to this blog. All of my attention focuses on my spiritual blog <a href="http://itisnotreal.blogspot.com/">http://itisnotreal.blogspot.com</a>.</span><div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Therefore I direct any readers to the blog by Mary Cummins who does cover current L.A. animal issues, as well as her many lawsuits and public controversies.<br /><br />I worked with Mary for several years on LA animal issues, especially about L.A. Animal Services and the L.A. County shelters, as well as the ground squirrel poisonings at Santa Monica order by LA County Vector Control.</span></div>
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Ed Muzikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13214241089861837159noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25037502.post-32862981631428622702013-09-18T00:38:00.002-07:002013-09-18T00:38:21.446-07:00Kapparot killing--Mary Cummin's blog<h3 class="post-title entry-title" style="background-color: #eeeecc; background-image: url(http://www2.blogblog.com/rounders3/icon_arrow.gif); background-position: 10px 0.5em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-color: rgb(187, 187, 187); border-style: dotted; border-width: 0px 1px 1px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; padding: 2px 14px 2px 29px;">
Kapparot chicken swinging/killng ritual is not humane or legal</h3>
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Every year for six days before Yom Kippur (the Jewish Day of Atonement on October 2) some Jews perform the ritual "Kapparot." Kapparot is a custom in which the sins of a person are symbolically transferred to a fowl. The fowl is held above the person's head and swung in a circle three times while certain words are spoken. The fowl is then slaughtered so that the person may have a good, peaceful life. Sometimes the chickens are given to the poor as food but unfortunately the chickens are not always cared for or killed humanely.<br /><br />In Los Angeles, California ritual animal sacrifice of any kind is illegal under Municipal Code SEC. 53.67. "No person shall engage in, participate in, assist in, or perform animal sacrifice. No person shall own, keep, possess or have custody of any animal with the purpose or intention of using such animal for animal sacrifice. No person shall knowingly sell, offer to sell, give away or transfer any animal to another person who intends to use such animal for animal sacrifice. 'Animal sacrifice' means the injuring or killing of any animal in any religious or cult ritual or as an offering to a deity, devil, demon or spirit, wherein the animal has not been injured or killed primarily for food purposes, regardless of whether all or any part of such animal is subsequently consumed."<br /><br />The First Amendment "Freedom of Religion" does protect animal sacrifices except when a municipality or state has an existing animal cruelty statute that forbids it. If the religious sacrifice of an animal violates that statute, then the city or state can prosecute that act. If the animals as in this case were cared for, used or killed in a way that violates California's existing anti-cruelty statutes, then the defendants will not be able to fall back on the First Amendment as a defense. They would be guilty of animal cruelty which is punishable by a fine and/or jail time.<br /><br />Kapparot is not mentioned in the Torah or in the Talmud. Several Jewish sages opposed the ritual, with some considering it a senseless heathen superstition. The Ramban (Nachmanides) and Rabbi Joseph Caro the compiler of the "Shulchan Aruch," the most authoritative code of Jewish laws called Kapparot "a foolish custom that Jews should avoid."<br /><br />General Manager of LA Animal Services and ex-pastor Ed Boks stated, "Some of our nation's healthiest animal husbandry practices and laws originated in the ancient traditions of the Torah. Nowhere is the practice of Kapparot even mentioned in the Torah. It is a pagan tradition that has been muddled into the religious practices of a small Jewish sect. Kapparot should have no place in the 21st Century Los Angeles community."<br /><br />Andrew Smith of Chicken Rescue asks people who customarily partake in this ritual to instead consider the humane and legal alternative. One may place money in a handkerchief and use this instead of a chicken. The money is then given to the poor. Former Chief Rabbi Israel Shlomo Goren stated, "Kapparot is not consistent with Jewish teachings and law. Repentance and charity can be better accomplished by using money instead of a slaughtered chicken."<br /><br />Dr. Karen Davis President of United Poultry Concerns said, "Kapparot includes the pre-ritual cruelty to the chickens, who are forced to sit crammed together in their own excrement for days without food, water or shelter awaiting their terrible death. The mercy ascribed to God by those who seek God’s mercy for themselves is thus withheld from the chickens who have the same capacity for pain, fear and distress as human beings. That Kapparot is a medieval custom, and not a Jewish law, makes it even more reprehensible."<br /><br />Dr. Richard Schwartz, a respected Jewish author & educator, stated: "The use of money rather than chickens is consistent with Judaism's powerful teachings on compassion to animals. At a season when we ask for God's compassion, we should have compassion on God's defenseless creatures." </div>
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List of temples in Los Angeles which perform this inhumane ritual. Please, send simple polite letters asking them to stop. English is not their first language. </div>
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<br /><br /><a href="http://www.marycummins.com/" style="color: #223344;">Mary Cummins</a> of <a href="http://www.animaladvocates.us/" style="color: #223344;">Animal Advocates</a> is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildlife_rehabilitator" style="color: #223344;">wildlife rehabilitator</a> licensed by the <a href="http://www.dfg.ca.gov/" style="color: #223344;">California Department of Fish and Game</a> and the <a href="http://www.usda.gov/" style="color: #223344;">USDA</a>. <a href="http://www.mary.cc/" style="color: #223344;">Mary Cummins</a> is also a licensed real estate appraiser in Los Angeles, California.</div>
Ed Muzikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13214241089861837159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25037502.post-84142261731561382542013-09-18T00:32:00.000-07:002013-09-18T00:32:45.272-07:00Follow Mary Cummins Blog<span style="font-size: large;">Mary Cummins is one of the best, and funniest undercover journalists regarding the animal scene in Los Angeles.</span><br />
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<br />Ed Muzikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13214241089861837159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25037502.post-73993834134139099422013-09-14T13:28:00.001-07:002013-09-14T13:28:03.563-07:00I support tigers in Malibu--by Mary Cummins<h3 class="post-title entry-title" style="background-color: #eeeecc; background-image: url(http://www2.blogblog.com/rounders3/icon_arrow.gif); background-position: 10px 0.5em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-color: rgb(187, 187, 187); border-style: dotted; border-width: 0px 1px 1px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20.833332061767578px; margin: 0px; padding: 2px 14px 2px 29px;">
I support tigers that want to move to Malibu - Mary Cummins, Animal Advocates</h3>
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I'm probably going to get some heat for this post but this must be said. The white tigers that want to move to Malibu are clients of one of my vets. They are not declawed or defanged. I have photos of the tigers in my page as I've visited them. Residents of Malibu and sheep owners have more to fear from wild mountain lions, coyotes than tigers in enclosures. If the tigers escaped, they would not eat a person or animal. Anyone remember what happened with the Moorpark tiger that escaped? It only knew how to eat cubed steak. It didn't kill any animals and lost a lot of weight when it had escaped for two weeks. </div>
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They bought the tigers to rescue from a breeder. One was going to be euthanized and was very sick. I was there when it was very sick. The owners have a lot of money and just love tigers. Their move to Malibu is akin to the PAWS ARK 2000 elephant sanctuary in California. They are not circus or movie people by any means.</div>
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They only have an exhibit permit because that is the only way you can keep them legally. I have the same permit. If I don't have the exhibit permit, I must kill my sanctuary animals. I've taken animals from some of you that end up in sanctuary at my facility. Should I kill them instead? Should we kill all animals in all sanctuaries? I only take my skunk and opossum to events because they're easy to handle and enjoy getting praise and treats. All animal rescue sanctuaries must have this same permit. You must exhibit them a certain amount of time or you can't have the permit.</div>
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The animals are already here in Southern California. They just want to make a bigger, better enclosure and rescue a few more tigers. They have never escaped. They obviously can't be released back to the wild. They are not wild tigers but domestically bred tigers. They're white tigers.</div>
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Below are photos of animal rights attorney Orly Degani with the tiger. Also a photo of Dr. Jennifer Conrad with the tiger. The sisters exhibit the tigers for free for pro-animal education or animal causes such as the push to make declaw of big cats illegal. They support the Paw Project. I have photos in my page when they took the tiger to the Eco Station to support anti-declaw and educate people.</div>
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I personally know they get the best care, tons of enrichment and are in a huge enclosure many times larger than the legal requirements. I've met Irena Hauser and her sister Sophia Kryszek. They are true animals lovers and wonderful people. They just want to move their facility to a bigger, better place. They chose that area because it is zoned for wild and exotic animals. The people who live there bought their homes knowing that it was zoned for exotic and wild animals. Quite a few have wild and exotic animals in that area. I support these two women and their plans. People should have probably talked to the sisters before jumping to all these false conclusions. </div>
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But the Thaxtons would go through the ordeal again just weeks later -- leading them to a new theory behind Chansey's death -- when their new Pekingese-mix puppy Penny exhibited the same symptoms, finally resulting in kidney failure. When Candace Thaxton stumbled on a Food and Drug Administration warning that there'd been an increase in complaints about chicken jerky dog treats made in China, she says she knew immediately what had happened to her beloved dogs.<br />
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In just the past four months, the Food and Drug Administration has fielded over 530 complaints from pet owners claiming their dogs suffered illness or death after eating jerky treats made in China, officials tell ABC News. The FDA has issued three separate warnings about Chinese jerky treats in the past four years -- advising owners who give their pets the snacks to watch the dogs closely for signs of illness. But since the agency says it has yet to find a "definitive cause" for the mystery ailments, it hasn't blamed Chinese treats for the illnesses, it hasn't named any of the well-known American firms like Purina that sell them, and it hasn't recalled any of the products. Dog owners and legislators are now demanding action.<br />
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News of the possible risk to dogs comes at a time when the safety of imported food is being heavily scrutinized. On Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control reported that foods imported from other countries are to blame for dozens of recent foodborne disease outbreaks. The CDC looked at outbreaks from 2005 to 2010 and concluded that 39 outbreaks and over 2,300 illnesses came from food imported into the U.S. Nearly 45 percent of the foods that caused the outbreaks came from Asia.<br />
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The FDA issued its first warning about chicken jerky treats from China in 2007, in response to the first wave of consumer complaints, and then issued a second in 2008. When the FDA issued a third warning in late 2011, based on another increase in complaints that year, it asked consumers to report any other purported incidents directly to the agency. Since that update, hundreds of dog owners have come forward to share their concerns. The Thaxtons, who say their dog Penny recovered after they stopped feeding her the treats, are now part of an angry population of pet owners who say the FDA hasn't done enough to protect their four-legged family members in the years it has known about the problem.<br />
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Ed Muzikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13214241089861837159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25037502.post-3380337868629802522012-08-14T14:18:00.002-07:002012-08-14T14:18:07.317-07:00LET US END THE MEAT AND FUR INDUSTRIES<br />
I was checking <a href="http://www.facebook.com/susie.burrows.31">Susie Burrows Facebook page</a> yesterday, and felt such sadness and despair about the world. You know, when emotions are allowed to flow freely through you, they do not bite so deeply. In a large sense, you see that even the strongest emotions are just events that pass through you, who are the witness, the container, and the affects themselves.<br />
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Yet, I felt a strong movement in me to act on the issue of the worldwide abuse of animals for food and fur, as well as pure sport. I felt guilty I have not done more.<br />
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I think it is time that We Are Sentience and our Sangha, to get behind ending meat eating by developing a long term plan for ending meat eating, animal testing, the fur trade, etc.<br />
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I will have people meet with me with ideas to develop such a plan.<br />
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Start taxing meat, as cigarettes were taxed, on ecological grounds, the damage they do to the environment. Make it a progressive tax. That is, each year there is an additional tax that is to be spent in several ways: To detoxify the environment; to subsidize ranchers who want to go out of business; to subsidize private industry food manufacturers to develop new and tasty vegetarian alternatives to meat, that can give the same protein and other nutrients as supplied by meat, and taste like meat, so that meat eaters don't feel "robbed." These foods can also be subsidized at the retail level to bring down their costs, as often vegan prepared dishes cost much more than actual meat-added prepared meals.<br />
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Centralize data on all research regarding the negative health effects of meat. I have seen several lately, but there should be a central place to publish this information.<br />
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Add warnings about the deleterious effects of meat on all retail foods containing meats.<br />
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Have advertisements on television, as with smoking, about the negative health effects of meat eating.<br />
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Have you noticed, you never see videos of how animals are slaughtered on regular or cable television. You can find this on Youtube and other places, but never on mainstreat TV. The meat industry is VERY sensitive to such images going to mass audiences, and either they object to TV stations, or the stations suppress the videos themselves as too awful or offensive to air.<br />
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Many people really don't want to see images of such suffering caused by their own meat eating, fur using, or the use of other animal products. They even attack Facebook people who post such images as offensive, when the worst offense is that they do nothing.<br />
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If we join together an offer people a leading voice to end this continuous assault on our open hearts, on our consciences, maybe we can end meat eating within the US, or mostly end it, not in our lifetimes maybe, but within this century, then we will have done something that Robert Adams and Ramana would have been proud of.<br />
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June 14, 2012 Judge William Brigham ruled in favor of Plaintiffs in the case Bat World Sanctuary v Mary Cummins. Cummins had reported Lollar to authorities for animal cruelty and animal neglect which she witnessed while at Bat World in Texas. She posted her reports and <nobr><a class="FAtxtL" href="http://animaladvocateswildliferehabilitation.blogspot.com/#" id="FALINK_2_0_1" style="background-color: transparent !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(28, 125, 255) !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; color: rgb(28, 125, 255) !important; display: inline !important; padding-bottom: 1px !important;">public documents</a></nobr> online and was sued for defamation. Cummins is appealing this unjust ruling.</div>
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Mary Cummins an animal rescuer in Los Angeles, California reported Amanda Lollar of Bat World Sanctuary for animal cruelty, animal neglect and health code violations. Cummins witnessed Amanda Lollar performing surgery on bats when she is not a veterinarian and hasn't gone past the ninth grade. Bats were dying under Lollar's care. Cummins posted her findings on her website AnimalAdvocates.us.</div>
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Cummins also posted the results of Freedom of Information Act requests on her website. She posted complaints and reports made by others about Amanda Lollar and Bat World Sanctuary. The complaints stretching back 18 years were about animal cruelty, animal neglect, violations of the health code, violations of Texas Parks & Wildlife regulations, violations of the Animal Welfare Act, building violations and a report about a rabid bat biting a toddler directly next door to Bat World Sanctuary. </div>
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Cummins also posted <nobr><a class="FAtxtL" href="http://animaladvocateswildliferehabilitation.blogspot.com/#" id="FALINK_3_0_2" style="background-color: transparent !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(28, 125, 255) !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; color: rgb(28, 125, 255) !important; display: inline !important; padding-bottom: 1px !important;">negative reports</a></nobr> bat experts had made about Lollar's procedures. Lollar recommended freezing bats to death in her manual which is illegal and inhumane according to the American Veterinary Medication Association. Lollar also recommended the improper use of anesthesia which Lollar admitted caused some bats to die.</div>
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Amanda Lollar then sued Cummins for defamation. Plaintiffs in court did not prove that Cummins defamed Lollar. The essential elements of a defamation cause of action that must be proven in Texas are, (1) The defendant published a statement of fact, (2) The statement was defamatory, (3) The statement was false, (4) The defendant acted negligently in publishing the false and defamatory statement, and (5) The Plaintiffs suffered damages as a result. </div>
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Plaintiffs did not prove that Cummins made all of the statements. Most of the items were the results of information act requests. They were public documents written by others. Cummins contends that everything she posted was the absolute truth. Plaintiffs did not prove that the items were false or that they suffered any financial damages.</div>
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Cummins was also sued for breach of contract. The essential elements of a breach of contract cause of action that must be proven are, (1) There is a valid contract; (2) The Plaintiffs performed or tendered performance according to the terms of the contract; (3) The Defendant breached the contract; and (4) The Plaintiffs sustained damages as a result of the breach.</div>
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Cummins contends she never signed a contract. Plaintiffs' own signature expert report stated that the signature on the contract was only "probable." It was not "strongly probable" or a "positive identification." Plaintiffs did not perform according to the contract. Cummins actions would have never been considered a breach. Plaintiffs showed no financial damages.</div>
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Even though Plaintiffs did not prove defamation or breach of contract Judge William Brigham ruled in favor of Plaintiffs. The Judge will soon sign an order to force Cummins to remove items from her website and others. The items are the results of information act requests. They are complaints made by others about animal cruelty, animal neglect and violations of the health code. The order will also include websites owned by others who were not a party to the action.</div>
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Cummins stated "I clearly did not defame Amanda Lollar or Bat World Sanctuary. I reported her for animal cruelty and neglect. I provided photos and videos to authorities besides detailed reports. Lollar just wants to hide these complaints from the public. Most of the items they want removed were written by others or are on websites I don't even control. I cannot possibly remove other people's websites or content. This order is overly broad."</div>
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Cummins continued "I most certainly did not sign their contract. Their own expert handwriting report did not state that I signed it. The authorship report by their so-called 'expert' Eric Shupps is also flawed. Shupps has never been an expert witness before in any case. He used a free beta software called JGAAP. The author of the program stated it cannot be used for court cases because of its inherent limitations. Shupps also used the writings of others as samples of my writing. Garbage in, garbage out. On top of this Shupps accused me of planting a Google bomb. Google bombs have been impossible since 2007."</div>
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When asked about the ruling Cummins replied, "I'm shocked because Plaintiffs did not show the essential elements for a claim of defamation or breach of contract. Then again I'm not shocked. Before one hearing Plaintiffs' attorney Randy Turner told me that he's known this judge for years. He insinuated that the Judge will automatically rule in his favor, and he did. There was a conflict of interest." </div>
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I was forced to move, I stayed in a garage for two nights with my cats two cats got out of the garage early tues morning my nuetered male he is domestic.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">My ferel female won't come to me or anybody she was just beginning to sleep on my legs at night after having her 1 year I am now staying in El Monte. She, the ferel kitty is not spayed I know shame on me..no transportation she the ferel kitty is in Alhambra I go every night from 4:00pm to midnight with a carrier on the bus to look for her I take food I have seen 3 cats that might be her though its so dark and she is black I am unable to see good enough. I need to get a flashlight, I need to trap her at where I stayed before I had to move, she wont come to me, the people where I lived before tell me I cant go on the property? no idea why I told them once I get my cat I wont be back! </span></div><div dir="ltr"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">Please can a volunteer help me? I need somebody with a trap that has transportation and is willing to help me get my baby female ferel home, I have difficulty sleeping knowing she is out there after she has been an indoor cat for 1 year now, I rescued her as a kitten she had ear mites, fleas and a touch of mange and was starving we took care of all that and I did handle her alot and well my other cats miss her too! Please help!!!<br />
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Thank you so much<br />
Jewelee<br />
<a href="mailto:walknhim@hotmailcom" style="color: #0000cc;" target="_blank" wotsearchprocessed="true">walknhim@hotmailcom</a></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Ed Muzikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13214241089861837159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25037502.post-73553346545854290612011-09-29T08:10:00.000-07:002011-09-29T08:10:03.042-07:00An incomplete story<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;"></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">A Letter from a Shelter Manager - anonymous in North Carolina<br />
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I think our society needs a huge "Wake-up" call. As a shelter manager, I am going to share a little insight with you all...a view from the inside if you will.<br />
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First off, all of you breeders/sellers should be made to work in the "back" of an animal shelter for just one day. Maybe if you saw the life drain from a few sad, lost, confused eyes, you would change your mind about breeding and selling to people you don't even know.<br />
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That puppy you just sold will most likely end up in my shelter when it's not a cute little puppy anymore. So how would you feel if you knew that there's about a 90% chance that dog will never walk out of the shelter it is going to be dumped at? Purebred or not! About 50% of all of the dogs that are "owner surrenders" or "strays", that come into my shelter are purebred dogs.<br />
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The most common excuses I hear are; "We are moving and we can't take our dog (or cat)." Really? Where are you moving too that doesn't allow pets? Or they say "The dog got bigger than we thought it would". How big did you think a German Shepherd would get? "We don't have time for her". Really? I work a 10-12 hour day and still have time for my 6 dogs! "She's tearing up our yard". How about making her a part of your family? They always tell me "We just don't want to have to stress about finding a place for her we know she'll get adopted, she's a good dog".<br />
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Odds are your pet won't get adopted & how stressful do you think being in a shelter is? Well, let me tell you, your pet has 72 hours to find a new family from the moment you drop it off. Sometimes a little longer if the shelter isn't full and your dog manages to stay completely healthy. If it sniffles, it dies. Your pet will be confined to a small run/kennel in a room with about 25 other barking or crying animals. It will have to relieve itself where it eats and sleeps. It will be depressed and it will cry constantly for the family that abandoned it. If your pet is lucky, I will have enough volunteers in that day to take him/her for a walk. If I don't, your pet won't get any attention besides having a bowl of food slid under the kennel door and the waste sprayed out of its pen with a high-powered hose. If your dog is big, black or any of the "Bully" breeds (pit bull, rottie, mastiff, etc) it was pretty much dead when you walked it through the front door.<br />
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Those dogs just don't get adopted. It doesn't matter how 'sweet' or 'well behaved' they are.<br />
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If your dog doesn't get adopted within its 72 hours and the shelter is full, it will be destroyed. If the shelter isn't full and your dog is good enough, and of a desirable enough breed it may get a stay of execution, but not for long . Most dogs get very kennel protective after about a week and are destroyed for showing aggression. Even the sweetest dogs will turn in this environment. If your pet makes it over all of those hurdles chances are it will get kennel cough or an upper respiratory infection and will be destroyed because shelters just don't have the funds to pay for even a $100 treatment.<br />
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Here's a little euthanasia 101 for those of you that have never witnessed a perfectly healthy, scared animal being "put-down".<br />
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First, your pet will be taken from its kennel on a leash. They always look like they think they are going for a walk happy, wagging their tails. Until they get to "The Room", every one of them freaks out and puts on the brakes when we get to the door. It must smell like death or they can feel the sad souls that are left in there, it's strange, but it happens with every one of them. Your dog or cat will be restrained, held down by 1 or 2 vet techs depending on the size and how freaked out they are. Then a euthanasia tech or a vet will start the process. They will find a vein in the front leg and inject a lethal dose of the "pink stuff". Hopefully your pet doesn't panic from being restrained and jerk. I've seen the needles tear out of a leg and been covered with the resulting blood and been deafened by the yelps and screams. They all don't just "go to sleep", sometimes they spasm for a while, gasp for air and defecate on themselves.<br />
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When it all ends, your pets corpse will be stacked like firewood in a large freezer in the back with all of the other animals that were killed waiting to be picked up like garbage. What happens next? Cremated? Taken to the dump? Rendered into pet food? You'll never know and it probably won't even cross your mind. It was just an animal and you can always buy another one, right?<br />
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I hate my job, I hate that it exists & I hate that it will always be there unless you people make some changes and realize that the lives you are affecting go much farther than the pets you dump at a shelter.<br />
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Between 4 and 5 MILLION animals die every year in shelters and only you can stop it. I do my best to save every life I can but rescues are always full, and there are more animals coming in everyday than there are homes.<br />
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My point to all of this DON'T BREED OR BUY WHILE SHELTER PETS DIE!</span><br />
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</tbody></table></div>Ed Muzikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13214241089861837159noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25037502.post-36032646025610576122011-08-17T21:32:00.000-07:002011-08-17T21:32:10.801-07:00Mary Cummins her lawsuit against Boks and the city on her blog<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold;">This blog started a little after Mary started her two blogs. I kinow some of the things she says in her post below to be true, and some other things, I suspect are true. Then again, there is much that she says that I had no previous knowledge of.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold;">Mary Cummins-Cobb vs City of LA, Ed Boks - Animal Advocates, Mary Cummins</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eeeecc; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"></span><br />
<div class="post-header" style="font-size: 13px;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(238, 238, 204); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-color: rgb(187, 187, 187); border-left-style: dotted; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(187, 187, 187); border-right-style: dotted; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(187, 187, 187); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 29px; padding-right: 14px; padding-top: 10px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2736fc; font-family: Arial;">This post is to clear up some misconceptions about my lawsuit against the City of Los Angeles and Ed Boks. Rick Orlov asked me for a comment for his article but my lawyer told me not to comment. I signed no confidentiality clause even though Ed Boks wanted me to sign one. I can share the settlement agreement. It is not confidential. l received 60% of $130,000 plus an award from the Department. I will reply to all of these allegations in this article. My reply will be in blue.</span><br />
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"$130,000 to settle sex harassment suit against outgoing Animal Services director<br />
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By Rick Orlov, Staff Writer<br />
Posted: 05/01/2009 07:49:35 PM PDT<br />
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Animal Services Director Ed Boks, seen here in a March 27 file photo, is leaving the post amid controversy. (Tina Burch/Staff Photographer)<br />
In one of the last official actions involving departing Animal Services Director Ed Boks, the City Council on Friday approved paying $130,000 to settle a sexual harassment suit filed by a former worker.<br />
Mary Cumins-Cobb, who worked briefly as an Web master for the city agency, claimed that Boks subjected her to harassment that included lewd comments, inappropriate touching and showing up drunk on her doorstep to ask her for a date, according to court documents.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2736fc; font-family: Arial;">l offered the City a free website from 2001 to 2005. They never accepted my offer. January 2006 soon after Boks became the new GM the Mayor's office told me to meet with him. l had no idea why l was meeting with him. Boks told me that the Mayor's office said l offered a free new website. He told me to create a new website which l did as a volunteer. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2736fc; font-family: Arial;">Within five minutes of meeting him Boks was already talking about inappropriate things which l ignored. After only a week he asked me out to dinner even though he had a girlfriend. I ignored his offer hoping he'd get the hint. l was living with my boyfriend which I made sure to mention frequently.</span><br />
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She claimed she was fired for rejecting his advances and that she also lost her job with a private animal foundation because of Boks.<br />
The settlement of the Los Angeles Superior Court suit, filed in 2007, now goes to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa for approval<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2736fc; font-family: Arial;">l was fired because l rejected his advances. I was also fired because Boks blamed me for the blogs. l set up his blog and another blog for him. l did not post on his blog. l in fact told him many times not to post what he emailed me yet he did. l did not make all the posts on the other blog. l still have a copy of that blog with the identities of everyone who posted on it. Boks wrote some of the posts, so did people who worked in the Department besides others. When the blogs became a heated issue, Jimmy Blackman from the Mayor's office told Boks to shut it down. Boks never told me that. He continued to write the blogs and encourage people to post on it. l was fired because of the scandal the blogs caused. l was the scapegoat. In fact after I was fired Boks then blamed me for all the mistakes he made, even mistakes he made after l was fired.</span><br />
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PDF: Complaint filed against Los Angeles Animal Services General Manager Ed Boks by Mary K. Cummins-Cobb<br />
Aides said he would have no comment.<br />
Councilman Tony Cardenas, who has criticized Boks for his handling of the department, said he hoped the general manager's recent resignation and the settlement of the suit will enable the city to move forward.<br />
"These issues have become a distraction within Animal Services," Cardenas said. "I hope this will allow the department to refocus its goals and reinvest in its commitment toward becoming a no-kill city," Cardenas said.<br />
Boks said he was advised by the City Attorney's Office to not comment on the case.<br />
Cummins-Cobb said she was prohibited from discussing the suit or the settlement.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2736fc; font-family: Arial;">My lawyer told me not to comment for this article. l regret not commenting because there are so many errors. Rick Orlov is not to blame for the errors. Rick is a very nice guy and a good writer even though he misspelled my name in the first paragraph.</span><br />
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In court documents, Cummins-Cobb said she began volunteering with the Animal Services Department in 2001 and was hired in March 2006 to help with the department's Web site.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2736fc; font-family: Arial;">l built the new website for free from January to March. Boks was having me spend many hours a day adding pages, making edits. l finally told him l have to work so l can pay my bills. He then said he would ask the Foundation to pay me. The Department at that time had no webmaster. She went on maternity leave then she quit because she hated the Department and job. She then went to work for Chameleon/Pet Harbor. l think l started getting paid around March 2006.</span><br />
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She said the hourly position was funded through a grant from the Found Animal Foundation, which had employed her in February 2006.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2736fc; font-family: Arial;">l was hired as an independent contractor for the Found Animals Foundation. Dr. Gary Michelson offered me the job after he saw my presentation at the Ed Boks "Meet and Greet" when l unveiled the new website. Everyone loved the new website. </span><br />
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Soon after being hired by the city, she said in her complaint, Boks began to engage in "inappropriate and unprofessional conduct" with her, including touching, hugging and trying to kiss her.<br />
Although she rebuffed his advances, Cummins-Cobb said she was assured she would not be fired.<br />
But she said the inappropriate behavior continued. Court documents said Boks used vulgar and sexual language, emailed or phoned her up to 20 times a day, frequently asked her out and also showed at her house, uninvited and apparently under the influence of alcohol.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2736fc; font-family: Arial;">Boks engaged in inappropriate behavior with many, many female rescuers, not just me. l would tell him repeatedly, don't go out with local animal people. He said they were the only women he was meeting even though he had a page on Match.com and a girlfriend in New York. l also told him to stop putting these inappropriate things in writing. Someone could do an info act request and get a copy then he'd be fired. l told him if he was going to write something he didn't want the world to see that he should use the phone instead. He could not stop drunk emailing. l thought he would never fire me because he put the most inappropriate things in writing. lf he were to fire me, of course l'd turn over all the emails, which l ultimately did. Boks admitted to all of his inappropriate acts in email and even apologized, again, in email. He also shared emails from the Mayor's office, City attorney, Bob Ferber, Commissioners, employees, rescuers....</span><br />
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The documents also claim Boks asked Cummins-Cobb to post anonymous blog comments defending him from Internet attacks written by critics. She said her identity was quickly revealed, and that animal activists subsequently spread false rumors about her to city officials.<br />
Among the lies told about her by activists, she said in documents, was "that she was a `911 terrorist,' `a prostitute,' and `a practitioner of squirrel pornography."'<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2736fc; font-family: Arial;">Boks wrote some of the posts, so did others with the Department including Commissioners. The rest is true.</span><br />
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Cummins-Cobb said she was forced to remain inside her house because of the activists and lost her job with the Found Animal Foundation because of Boks. In July 2006, she said she was fired by the city.<br />
Boks continued to harass her, the documents said, calling her up to 10 times a day and asking her for sex, documents said. When she refused, she said, her permit to work as a wildlife rescuer was not renewed.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2736fc; font-family: Arial;">l did lose my job at the Foundation because of Boks. The blog and Boks became a scandal. The head of the Foundation, Dave didn't like Ed Boks. He knew all about his tricks with the numbers. l didn't yet realize that Boks was failing and euthanasia had increased. Boks had us all fooled into thinking euthanasia was down. l supported him because l thought he was saving animals' lives. l could not have been more wrong. l stopped supporting Boks when l saw the annual numbers. Things had not improved. l shut down the other blog at that time.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2736fc; font-family: Arial;">Boks did call me repeatedly. He'd call, l wouldn't pick up because l saw it was him and l knew he was drunk, he'd leave a message, instantly call again and again and again. He lived close to me and would just drive over drunk out of his mind in a City vehicle. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2736fc; font-family: Arial;">My wildlife permit was renewed. The problem was the permit officers insisted on inspecting my house again. They only inspected me the first year. There was no such thing as an annual inspection. The permit officers did not like me because Ed Boks embarrassed them at the Banksy art show. In front of people he called them on not looking at the paint or checking the temperature in the trailer as l had. Boks has very poor people skills. l complained about this new "annual" inspection. Boks did not stop them from inspecting my house. They came to my house and looked at everything except my caging. The caging is the only thing they are supposed to inspect. No one else was inspected annually.</span><br />
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In their written response to her complaint, city officials said Cummins-Cobb was a volunteer and was never paid by the city as an employee. Boks said in his written declaration that the city never submitted invoices to the foundation for her work.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2736fc; font-family: Arial;">I was never a City employee. Boks sent a request to the Foundation to hire me to work for him. l was told by Dave to do whatever Boks needed. l was also still legally a volunteer for the Department at the same time but that involved work in the shelters. </span><br />
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In his statement he also implied it was not his own decision to let Cummins-Cobb go.<br />
"I was advised in mid-2006 to release Ms. Cummins as a volunteer," he said, without specifying who advised him.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2736fc; font-family: Arial;">Jimmy Blackman from the Mayor's office told him to fire me. So did the City Attorney. They told him to fire me because of the flak they were getting because of the blogs. lt was basically ADL and three or four mentally ill people who complained about the blogs. The letter the City sent to me said "thanks for all your wonderful help but we no longer need it." Boks didn't even warn me that l was going to get a letter or get fired. He felt bad so he wrote me a letter of recommendation which l will dig up and post. He predated the letter of recommendation. You can tell because the commissioners are different. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2736fc; font-family: Arial;">Here is the kicker. After l was fired from the Foundation, lost my grant and was fired as a volunteer for the City, Boks accepted all responsibility for my firing in writing and apologized. He told me he would make it up to me. He promised me he would find me a new job with Best Friends. l would be making the same amount of money. He said l would do their website and work for them. He kept saying he just had to get together with me for dinner to go over the details. By then l'd wised up a little so l told him just to hook me up with the job over the phone, no need for dinner. After a month of him begging l agreed to meet for drinks in a very public place. l wore a suit. He showed up tipsy then drank four more drinks. He asked to come over to my place and l said no. He showed up later with a bottle of booze at my door acting totally drunk. My boyfriend was in San Francisco for the weekend. l knew Boks couldn't drive any farther without getting in a major accident so l let him come in and crash on the sofa. l had a fear if he got a DUI, he'd be fired. After he did some crying about how kittens were ruining his numbers he passed out. He woke up late the next morning missing his first few appointments. He later emailed me that he had a great time. He obviously blacked out and remembered nothing but wanted to cover his bases just in case.</span><br />
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Gary Michelson, CEO of the Found Animal Foundation, said in a written court declaration that Cummins-Cobb was fired from the foundation because of the quality of her work and not because of pressure from the city.<br />
"When I saw her work, I was also dissatisfied with the quality of her work," Michelson said in the declaration. "Because of her poor performance, we terminated our relationship with Cummins. No one at the City of Los Angeles influenced or attempted to influence my decision."<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2736fc; font-family: Arial;">Dr. Gary Michelson is a liar. Michelson did not fire me. The head of his Foundation Dave fired me. Dave said he wanted to "take the Foundation in a different direction" which just meant l was fired. He mentioned the blogs and Boks while he fired me. Michelson wasn't even in town when l was fired. Michelson always told me he loved my work. We corresponded back and forth. He told me he didn't even know that l was fired. Then Michelson yelled at Dave for not paying me. He told Dave that he liked my work. He asked Dave why he fired me. Dave told me all of this. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2736fc; font-family: Arial;">Keep in mind my lawyer Solomon Gresen did a horrible job with my case. He did such a horrible job that l reported him to the bar. Besides many other violations Solomon Gresen never gave me a copy of any document he sent or received. lt turns out he also never read the City's reply to the complaint. He's the type of lawyer who files many lawsuits to try to get a settlement or two. He never read Michelson's statement. lt came up in mediation six months later. The mediator said my boss said he fired me. l called up Dave who was my boss and he said he made no such statement. l thought it was another bluff from the City. First time l saw Michelson's statement was when l asked Rick Orlov for it. BTW the mediator stated that she felt my lawyer committed malpractice.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2736fc; font-family: Arial;">l was totally shocked when l saw the statement. All the time l was working with the City l was supporting, protecting, defending Michelson and his strange behavior when no one else was. Michelson did indeed promise the Mayor money if he hired Ed Boks. The Mayor's office kept asking me "where's the money?" They said "Michelson is a flake, he promised money, where is it, he's crazy." Boks was saying the same things. Boks even said that he was "strange looking" and "gay." l still defended Michelson because l thought he was saving animals' lives with his Foundation. l thought he truly would make LA "nokill" as he promised. l was again wrong. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2736fc; font-family: Arial;">After Gary Michelson fired his Foundation Director Dave, Michelson started spreading false rumors about Dave saying he embezzled money from his Foundation. Dave did not embezzle money. Michelson just got buyer's remorse after giving money to Dave for his pet kiosks and microchips. Michelson tried to file a police report with LAPD but they refused to take the report because no crime had been committed. Michelson asked the Mayor's office and Ed Boks to tell LAPD to arrest Dave. They called LAPD who told them there was no crime and Michelson is crazy and a liar. Michelson gave the money to Dave. ln the meantime Gary is telling everyone that Dave will be arrested. l would even tell Michelson where Dave was. Gary asked me to write a statement about Dave and l said yes. l never did write a statement. Also FTR l never signed a confidentiality agreement with Michelson. l was asked but they never gave me one to sign. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2736fc; font-family: Arial;">Michelson kept libeling, slandering, defaming Dave. Dave finally sued him. Michelson quickly settled. After l saw Michelson's libelous statement about me l contacted the same lawyer so he could sue Michelson. He said Michelson is very mean and nasty. He doesn't want to have to go up against him again. l couldn't find anyone that was willing to go up against Michelson because of his reputation of being very nasty in legal battles. </span><br />
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Boks resigned in April after a turbulent few months in which he faced harsh criticism for his decision to abruptly end a voucher program offering coupons to reduce the cost of spay and neutering pets.<br />
The City Council had authorized the vouchers to help residents comply with a law requiring the sterilizatoin of all pets six months or older - a program advocated by Boks.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2736fc; font-family: Arial;">Boks was fired. He did not resign. He threatened to sue the City. They decided to make it look like he resigned so he could try to find work somewhere else. His golden handshake was two months worth of salary. He did the same when he was fired/left New York and Arizona. He was basically fired from NY and AZ because of audits which showed poor performance. He was also sued for racial discrimination in NY and lost. Boks even got the Mayor of LA to write a letter saying "thanks for your service" kind of like the one the City wrote to me. FTR Boks wrote and signed my termination letter. </span><br />
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Under pressure from council members and saying he was suffering some health problems, Boks resigned effective June 30.<br />
He is using vacation and medical leave this month and plans to work during June to help in transistion.<br />
Neither Villaraigosa or the Animal Services Commission have released any guidelines on their plan to hire a successor. It has been a difficult post to keep filled. The city has had five directors in the past 10 years.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2736fc; font-family: Arial;">lt's a very difficult position. l wouldn't wish the GM position on my worst enemy. Dealing with the Union, City red tape, employees, rescuers, volunteers is a very tough job. </span></div>Ed Muzikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13214241089861837159noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25037502.post-49140951022989103262011-08-17T17:50:00.000-07:002011-08-17T17:50:59.505-07:00Best Friends to Run Valley Shelter---Yeah!<span class="maintitle" style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"><b>This is the best thing to happen to LAAS since Barnette was hired. She started her job August 15, 2010. I know friends of mine plan on doing a one year review of the shelters' progress statistically soon. But this act and disarming the animal police bodes well for the future. Winograd was on the mind that real change can only happen in LA if the shelters go private.</b></span><br />
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CONTRACT:</b></span><span class="abody" style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Alarcón opposes deal, saying other operators should have been considered.</span><span class="abody" style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br />
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Overriding complaints about the bidding process, the City Council on Tuesday approved a three-year contract with a nonprofit group to operate the vacant Northeast Animal Shelter in Mission Hills.<br />
</span><span class="abody" style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Best Friends Animal Society will have a three-year contract with options for two additional years to operate the $19.5 million shelter at 15321 S. Brand Blvd.<br />
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Councilman Richard Alarcón, whose district includes the shelter,</span><span class="abody" style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> opposed the action, saying the city had failed to consider other potential operators.<br />
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“We don’t know what we could have got because we didn’t talk to anyone else,” Alarcón said.<br />
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But officials said they had reached out to potential bidders in letters and on the city website and Best Friends was the only group to respond.<br />
</span><span class="abody" style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The mission-style shelter was built in 2008 with revenue from a voter-approved bond issue, but never operated at full capacity because of city funding shortfalls.<br />
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Before it was closed this summer, it housed problem animals or those whose owners were in jail or involved in a criminal cases.</span><span class="abody" style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br />
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“The voters of the northeast San Fernando Valley came out in high numbers and they were promised a full service shelter. And they aren’t getting it.”</b></span><span class="abody" style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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— RICHARD ALARCÓN, city councilman</span><br />
</div><div id="continuationAfter" name="continuationAfter"><span class="abody" style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Under the terms of the contract, Best Friends will be able to stage adoption events, provide spay-and-neuter services and issue dog licenses. However, animal control actions will remain under the jurisdiction of the Department of Animal Services. </span><br />
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<span class="abody" style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The plan is one of several ideas the city is looking at to increase the involvement of private groups in government programs. The city is also looking at a public-private partnership involving management of the Los Angeles Zoo, and earlier this year examined, but then dropped, a plan to lease out city parking garages. It may also consider private involvement in managing the Convention Center. </span><br />
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<span class="abody" style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">City officials say such efforts are the best way to keep offering services at a time of severe budget crunches, but some critics question whether the city is giving up too much control of its operations to the private sector. Some unions also worry that increased privatization will lead to cuts in city jobs or salary decreases. </span><br />
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<span class="abody" style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Animal Services Director Brenda Barnette said she would be unable to open the Mission Hills facility with the budget she has now. </span><br />
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<span class="abody" style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She added that the city also plans to reach out to other nonprofits to operate the new South Los Angeles shelter opening in several months. Because of the controversy over the Northeast Shelter, she said the city will issue a formal request for proposals before contracting with an operator. </span><br />
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<span class="abody" style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Barnette has said the deal with Best Friends will help the city avoid having to euthanize 250 to 400 animals per month. To keep it open under city management would have required diverting city workers from other shelters, reducing their hours and increasing euthanasia rates. </span><br />
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<span class="abody" style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Best Friends has promised to invest more than $1 million in the Northeast Shelter and believes it will be able to provide 3,000 adoptions in its first year. It also predicts it will spay or neuter 6,000 animals. </span><br />
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<span class="abody" style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">City officials have estimated they could save up to $3.3 million a year by having Best Friends run the shelter. </span><br />
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<span class="abody" style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Francis Battista, founder of the organization, said his sole goal is saving animals’ lives. </span><br />
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<span class="abody" style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Our model has the demonstrated ability,” Battista said. “The best way is a partnership with a strong nonprofit to reduce shelter killings.” </span><br />
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<span class="abody" style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Best Friends is headquartered in Utah, but has operated in Los Angeles since 1991. Alarcón said he was concerned about the city negotiating only with Best Friends when several other organizations — including the Amanda Foundation and the SPCA — said they would have bid for the operation if they were aware of it. </span><br />
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<span class="abody" style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Something is wrong here,” Alarcón said. “It looks bad to only talk to one organization and we aren’t getting the full service from this shelter. It was built for 350 animals and they are only taking 50 or 100. That leaves 250 other animals out there. </span><br />
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<span class="abody" style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“I would have hoped the city could have done more with this shelter that we promised the voters. The voters of the northeast San Fernando Valley came out in high numbers and they were promised a full service shelter. And they aren’t getting it.” </span><br />
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<span class="abody" style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Northeast Animal Shelter in Mission Hills was built in 2008 with revenue from a voter-approved bond issue, but it never operated at full capacity because of funding woes. </span></div>Ed Muzikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13214241089861837159noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25037502.post-48625397100358810882011-08-09T21:25:00.001-07:002011-08-09T21:25:41.276-07:00<br />
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</div>Ed Muzikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13214241089861837159noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25037502.post-3116366889017465422011-08-06T15:15:00.000-07:002011-08-06T15:15:05.299-07:00Brenda Disarms Department<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><br />
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Plainclothes officers from the <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/crime-law-justice/police/los-angeles-police-department-ORGOV000939.topic" id="ORGOV000939" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Los Angeles Police Department">Los Angeles Police Department</a>and managers with the animal services agency took about 120 weapons, including shotguns, rifles and .38-caliber handguns. The city's 75 animal control officers are issued firearms to kill wild animals that are too injured to transport to shelters.<br />
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Brenda Barnette, general manager of the animal services department, said investigators were trying to determine what guns the agency has and how they are being used.<br />
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"We suspect there are some missing guns," said Barnette, adding that she does not necessarily suspect that the weapons were stolen.<br />
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Maggie Whelan, general manager of the city's Personnel Department, which is assisting in the probe, said she believed that no more than three guns are actually missing.<br />
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"I can't say for sure because we're not certain," she said.<br />
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The sweep came two months after Barnette revealed that the department was looking into allegations that shelter workers stole animals and sold them for a profit. And it occurred less than a month after city officials confirmed that there is an investigation into time card fraud involving department employees. Five employees are on paid administrative leave pending the internal investigation's outcome.<br />
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At least eight personnel investigators are looking at the shelter agency. Meanwhile, City Controller <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/politics/wendy-greuel-PEPLT007594.topic" id="PEPLT007594" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Wendy Greuel">Wendy Greuel</a> is working on a wide-ranging audit, saying that the department is "out of control at a number of levels, from time card issues to having a handle on resources they have — including how many guns they have and how they're being used."<br />
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Animal services officials "did not have an appropriate inventory of all the guns that they had in their possession," Greuel said. "They felt it was such an urgent issue that they called the LAPD."<br />
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Lt. Troy Boswell, who works in the city's East Valley shelter, said police handed shelter workers a note from Barnette and then took .38-caliber handguns from the premises.<br />
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"We were given no explanation," he said.<br />
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Barnette said she was also looking into reports from her shelter managers that department employees used guns to euthanize critically injured or terminally ill small animals, including turtles, squirrels and birds. She said such a practice was dangerous because bullets could ricochet off pavement or another surface.<br />
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She said weapons should be used only to euthanize large animals that cannot be treated medically, such as a deer caught in a fence.<br />
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"If you've got something as small as a turtle or a squirrel or something like that, it just seems to us that the correct procedure would be bring it back to the shelter, so it can be taken to a wildlife rehabilitation center or it can be euthanized," she said.<br />
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LAPD officers have been providing expertise and assistance to animal services personnel during their audit. The department will safeguard the weapons that were seized, LAPD Cmdr. Andy Smith said.<br />
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"We are going to hold on to them until the audit is done and they want them back," Smith said.<br />
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He noted that no warrants were executed during the operation.<br />
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<i style="font-style: italic;">Times staff writer Andrew Blankstein contributed to this report.</i></div></div>Ed Muzikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13214241089861837159noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25037502.post-73082720861144019392011-08-06T15:09:00.000-07:002011-08-06T15:09:19.153-07:00600 cats rescued from the fur and food market in China<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span><br />
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vertical-align: baseline;">Breaking news-600 caged cats rescued from 2 trucks in Wuxi near Shanghai</h1><div class="entry entry-content" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 1.7em; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="pd-rating" id="pd_rating_holder_2625312_post_1897" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline-block; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; 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</div><blockquote style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: whitesmoke; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(187, 187, 187); border-bottom-style: solid; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(187, 187, 187); border-left-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(187, 187, 187); border-right-style: solid; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(187, 187, 187); border-top-style: solid; border-width: initial; color: #666666; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.7em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: x-small; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">More details for cats rescued on Aug the 3rd-4th:</span><br />
<span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: x-small; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><br />
<span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: x-small; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">At 10pm on Aug 3rd, the Wuxi Animal Protection Association was told that a truck loaded with many cages of cats was preparing to head south to Guangzhou, the capital city of Guangdong province. In an effort to stop this departure many volunteers went to the gate of the storage place at midnight to wait for the truck to leave, planning to stop them at the toll fee station on the nearest highway. They waited until 5am in the morning when finally the truck filled with so much life started to leave. The truck also carried furniture on the bottom, and thirteen cages filled with cats were placed on top. Should the volunteers have not stopped the truck, these cats would have had to travel for 30 hours in the blazing heat with no food or water, only to arrive to a cruel death when they arrive in Guangzhou, the supposed most sophisticated city in China. It is absurd that such a large city with such a developed economy should have a ruined reputation because of a few select criminals who violently kill these poor cats for food every day. </span><br />
<span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: x-small; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><br />
<span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: x-small; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">At the toll station, the truck was stopped successfully by volunteers. Since this truck contained other illegal possessions on board as well as the cats that were against the on the regulations for transportation shipping rules, many people were angrily trying to stop the truck drivers. </span><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 7px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 7px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: x-small; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">While waiting for the police to arrive on the scene the truck drivers told many lies to them, including that their truck “contained no animals whatsoever,” and that their “truck has nothing to do with any animals.” They said that their truck was only used for shipping furniture. Conveniently, right at that very moment, one little cat stuck her small head out of one of the cages at the top of the truck, looking around curiously. This little cat completely broke his lie right away, embarrassing the lying truck driver </span><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: x-small; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">in front of crowd!</span><br />
<span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: x-small; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><br />
<span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: x-small; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">After hours of the waiting and negotiation with police officers, finally at 7am more than 200 cats were released to the WAPA and taken back to their shelter. Their little paws were sticking out of the cages, looking helpless and defenseless. It is ridiculous that such cruelty was subjected to these poor beautiful creatures. It is absolutely necessary that an animal protection law is made as soon as possible so that these animals can be saved from the evil clutches of these disgusting individuals. Please help us make this possible by sending letters to your local Embassy of China in your country, urging them to call for an animal protection law to be passed. </span><br />
<span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: x-small; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><br />
<span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: x-small; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We thank you all for your great support, and we all have much thanks and appreciation for the loving volunteers who saved many lives today. </span><br />
<span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: x-small; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><br />
<span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: x-small; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We cannot give up on love and hope. </span><br />
<span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: x-small; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><br />
<span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: x-small; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Regards</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 7px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: x-small; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Wuxi Animal Protection Association</span><br />
<span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: x-small; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><br />
<span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: x-small; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Aug 5th 2011</span><br />
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On Aug the 3rd and July the 24th, the WAPA (Wuxi Animal Protection Assn) near Shanghai had nearly 600 caged cats rescued. Shown below are photos of the cats during and after the rescue on July 24th. Brave volunteers worked throughout the night to move the captured cats into the WAPA’s cat base, saving them from the cat-nappers who were planning to ship the cats out to various restaurants. The rescuers successfully stopped them on the way Guangdong after hours of negotiation with police officers in the heat with no water. Many of the cats were starved and injured, hiding in the corners in fear. Since the cat base at the WAPA was still under construction, the rescuers fixed up the location over night and worked tirelessly to have the place in best condition for the cats.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 7px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">————————-</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 7px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">At the moment, if anyone wishes to make the contributions towards those rescued cats, the easiest way might be to have the donations made to Rosa’s antifur society’s Paypal account, and then she would have the lump sum being sent to WAPA via West Union as she always does over the years for helping the animals in China. <a href="http://www.people4chineseanimals.org/Donations-at-work.html" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; 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Just been busy to stop fur coming into Europe and America to make people aware of the horrific animal abuse there is behind this fur.<br />
For EU report about enforcement on cat and dog fur ban in The Netherlands, please download from <a href="http://english.actietegendierenleed.nl/" rel="nofollow" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1c9bdc; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">http://english.actietegendierenleed.nl</a></div><div><br />
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</ol></div>Ed Muzikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13214241089861837159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25037502.post-14454962248028227412011-05-23T11:01:00.003-07:002011-05-23T11:01:24.232-07:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">"To one whose mind is free, there is something even more intolerable in the suffering of animals than in the sufferings of humans. For with the latter, it is at least admitted that suffering is evil and that the person who causes it is a criminal. But thousands of animals are uselessly butchered every day without a shadow of remorse. If any person were to refer to it, they would be thought ridiculous. And that is the unpardonable crime. That alone is the justification of all that humans may suffer. It cries vengeance upon all the human race. If God exists and tolerates it, it cries vengeance upon God." <i>Jean Christophe</i>.</span>Ed Muzikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13214241089861837159noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25037502.post-22954506453869016652011-05-14T14:45:00.000-07:002011-05-14T14:45:04.616-07:00Amanda Lollar Responds<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;"></span></span><br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px; margin-top: 20px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">I should point out that the below again are just allegations. Lollar chose to sue and get an injunction against Mary for posting what Mary regarded as proof of Lollar breaking the law. Now Lollar is equally guilty of posting what I regard as libelous stuff against Mary. </strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">--Ed</strong></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px; margin-top: 20px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">UPDATE - The truth about the episiotomy:</strong></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px; margin-top: 20px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Amanda Lollar has worked and trained under the direction of a veterinarian for over 20 years. She has developed many life-saving procedures for insectivorous bats over the past two decades.</span> </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Mary Cummins filmed the episiotomy while attending her internship at Bat World sanctuary, and even helped during the procedure. Her voice can be heard offering to assist with the lighting, as well as my voice addressing her. She also took photos after the procedure. What Ms. Cummins failed to explain is that the bat had a pup stuck in her birth canal, likely for several hours. Waiting would have caused the death of the mother, an agonizing death at that. There was no vet available, and most veterinarians don’t do procedures on bats at 11pm anyway. I have preformed this procedure numerous time to save the life of the mother, as we have a wild sanctuary which is home to 30,000 bats as well as a nursery colony. I rescue mothers in trouble every summer.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px; margin-top: 20px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Cetacaine is used to anesthetize the vaginal area before an incision is made – that is what is being applied with the cotton swab. As with humans, general anesthesia is not used for an episiotomy (which is not considered actually surgery). The pup was stillborn, likely from being stuck in the birth canal for so long. After the pup was discovered dead, the mother was placed under general anesthesia so she could be cleaned up and the incisions closed with surgical glue. The mother fully recovered and was later released.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px; margin-top: 20px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Mary Cummins has made false complaints about us to Texas Parks and Wildlife, the USDA, the Texas Veterinary Medical Board, the Texas Department of Health, USFWS, the Mineral Wells Department of Health, the City Manager, the Fire Marshal, Code Enforcement, the Chief of Police and we suspect the IRS. Each and every one of the officials who investigated her complaints found them to be without merit, some even called and offered their help in fighting Ms. Cummins. Mary Cummins has also sent numerous false and damaging emails to the large majority of our supporters, who in turn forwarded her emails back to us in support. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px; margin-top: 20px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">An injunction was scheduled on May 4th, 2011, to force Mary Cummins to remove the defamatory statements she has made about Bat World Sanctuary and Amanda Lollar from the internet. Approximately three days before the injunction, numerous new pages containing false and damaging statements appeared on dozens of internet sites, including facebook, indybay, twitter, myspace, care2 and more. Copyrighted videos from Amanda Lollar’s most recent book were illegally downloaded and altered in an attempt to display cruelty, then uploaded to youtube. Other recent defamatory items include photos Mary Cummins took without permission while interning at Bat World Sanctuary.<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> </strong></span></div>Ed Muzikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13214241089861837159noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25037502.post-29701980856161100562011-05-10T11:44:00.000-07:002011-05-10T11:44:00.875-07:00The Poppy Foundation<div style="text-align: -webkit-center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #000066; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br />
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<tr><td valign="top"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica;"><address align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: medium;">THE WORDS WE USE</span></address><address align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: medium;">AND WHY THEY MATTER</span></address><address align="CENTER"> </address><address align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Tina Clark</span></address><address align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></address><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Studies have indicated that surveys show completely different outcomes depending on the way the questions in the survey are worded. One person will answer the very same question in two completely different ways depending on the wording of the question. Therefore, one survey could have two or more completely contradictory outcomes based simply on the way the questions were worded.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Choosing one word over another, even if those words ostensibly mean the same thing, can make a huge difference in the way we look at things, and can even completely change one’s world view. In our relationship with non-human animals, the words we use can have a major impact on the way we view animals and therefore on the animals themselves. Words we use without even thinking about them can color the way we perceive non-humans.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">An example is the word "owner" versus the word "guardian." We must stop thinking of ourselves as owners of our animals, and begin thinking of ourselves as their guardians. We must start thinking of them as companions, not as property. A study done by<a href="http://www.firepaw.org/"> FIREPAW</a> shows that people who refer to themselves as their animals’ guardians rather than as their owners were more likely to treat their animals well. <a href="http://www.idausa.org/">In Defense of Animals</a> has a program called the Guardian Campaign, the goal of which is to have the word "owner" replaced with "guardian" in official language, and it has succeeded in doing so in areas ranging from law codes to shelter and vet forms to signs in public areas–even the entire State of Rhode Island now uses the word "guardian" officially.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Of course, it wasn't too long ago that humans "owned" other humans. We have done away with that, and I eagerly await the day we will regard the owning of any creature as abhorrent. We can start by choosing to use the term "guardian."</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Something I hear quite often, even among many animal advocates–people one would think would know better–is the habit of referring to non-human animals as "it," with its concomitant "that" or "which" instead of "who" or "whom." This seems to come so naturally to some people, but whenever I hear it, it is so obviously discordant, it affects me the same way as hearing someone use terribly bad grammar. Many people give the excuse that they don't know the gender of the animal, and therefore can't say "he" or "she." But it is better to be wrong about an animal's gender than it is to treat that animals like an inanimate object. If you didn’t know the gender of a human, would you call that human it? I doubt it. Referring to non-human animals as "it" helps people to think of them as objects, not the living beings they are, and therefore gives permission to exploit them, to treat them any way we please without regard for their feelings.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">There is another type of word usage, or mis-usage that has a slightly different background. The use of the word "shelter" to denote a place where animals are taken in and killed, and the use of the word "euthanasia" to describe that killing must also be done away with, but the impulse here is slightly different. These words have come about as euphemisms, a way to make the pounds seem like places that are protecting animals, and the killing that occurs in them seem like a favor to the animals. The use of such words intentionally hides what these places actually are and what actually happens in them. And this, too, has a disastrous effect on the animals. When the public thinks of pounds as "shelters," they are lulled into thinking that animals are cared for and protected there. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
They are more likely to abandon their animals at these places, and are more likely to buy puppies or kittens from breeders or pet shops rather than adopt to save a life. They are also less likely to be outraged at the killing that goes on and to want to do what it takes to stop it. Often those who are working to help animals will continue to use these terms, especially when dealing with members of the pound system, even though they know how inaccurate and misleading the words are, simply because they don’t want to be seen as too radical, or to alienate the people affiliated with the system. I admit I have on occasion fallen into this trap in the past. But I will no longer do so. Therefore, I hereby vow I will no longer use inaccurate terms when talking about animals. I will no longer use the word "shelter" when talking about a place that executes animals, and I will no longer refer to that execution as "euthanasia," even when talking to "animal services" people. I will call a pound a pound, and I will call killing killing. I encourage others to do the same. This is important. We <i>must</i> stop using euphemisms that hide the truth and begin using accurate words for things, so that the truth will be brought to light, and the killing stopped.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">A word that is perhaps even worse than euthanasia is destroy, as in "the animal was destroyed." No. The animal was killed. You kill living beings. You destroy inanimate objects. While "euthanasia" simply gives the impression that the killer is performing an act of mercy, saying that one "destroys" an animal actually makes the animal sound as if he were some inanimate object.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The way we talk about animals in the wild also affects the way we think of them and consequently the way we treat them. When they are no longer seen as feeling individuals, but rather "natural resources," well, aren't resources just things we use for our own benefit? When we kill them and refer to it as "harvesting," we turn them into something like wheat or oranges. Then, when some animals who haven’t been targeted for killing are accidentally killed in the massacre, they become "trash animals" (the non-human equivalent of "collateral damage").</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Then there's meat--oh, the euphemisms we use to distance ourselves from the fact we are eating someone's dead body. It has been sanitized so entirely that we don't have to think about it–to even connect the meal with the individual we are consuming. We don't eat pigs and cows and calves; we eat pork and beef and veal. If you eat pork, well, pork is not an animal, it’s food, and you don't have to even think about a pig. If we called it what it really was, I think more people would hesitate before they dug into that piece of meat, and many would finally make the connection and perhaps give up meat altogether. This is why those of us who are advocates for animals must start calling dead flesh what it is. And it's funny, but when you call meat what it is in front of someone who's about to eat it, they can become quite irate. Believe me, I know from whence I speak.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Unfortunately, our everyday language is filled not only with thoughtless references to non-human animals, but also with downright derogatory ones. To merely call someone an animal is considered an insult, as are, more specifically, the terms "pig," "rat," and so many others. We talk about "killing two birds with one stone" as if that were a good thing to do. These references are deeply ingrained in our culture, and we who care about animals must be vigilant, not only removing them from our own language, but also bringing it politely to the attention of others who use these terms and phrases.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The words we choose to talk about anything or anyone color the way we view that thing or being. In the case of non-human animals, this can give us an unspoken permission to treat them in harmful ways. After all, wouldn't it be easier for you to "harvest" a "resource" than to murder a fellow being? And doesn’t it seem perfectly permissible–even the right thing to do–to "euthanize" someone rather than kill him?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">We must not merely make the change in our language, we must make the change in our hearts as well. Until it becomes second nature for us to say he or she rather than it, who or whom rather than that or which, etc., we are not truly respecting animals. As long as we have to catch ourselves, we are not there yet. Our old outmoded, speciesist view of animals dictates the words we have long used with regard to them, and these words perpetuate that mindset. But it also works in reverse: we begin realizing that animals deserve our respect and <i>real</i> protection, and we begin using words that reflect that, and <i>those</i> words help change the way all of us view non-human animals.</span></div></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Ed Muzikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13214241089861837159noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25037502.post-21501974681681331532011-05-08T21:07:00.000-07:002011-05-08T21:07:09.753-07:00Further Allegations of Animal Cruelty With Video<div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Ady Gil put it up in his site. He posted this on his wall. </span></span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></span>Amanda Lollar of Bat World Sanctuary performed surgery on this bat. The bat had no pain relief. Lollar is not a veterinarian. She accidentally cut the bat's vagina too deeply. Then she yanked the baby out. She accidentally yanked the umbilicus out. Then the bat's vagina and uterus prolapsed. The bat later died. Baby was born dead but was pink which means he'd just died</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"> </div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">The Video, "<wbr></wbr>AmandaLollarBatWorldSanctuary.<wbr></wbr>mp4"</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">can be downloaded from:</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://public.me.com/adygil" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" wotsearchprocessed="true">https://public.me.com/adygil</a><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(chrome-extension://bhmmomiinigofkjcapegjjndpbikblnp/skin/fusion/16_16/plain/r5.png); background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: 16px; margin-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 2px; position: relative; visibility: visible; width: 16px;" wotsearchtarget="public.me.com"> </div></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"> </div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Please, politely email the regulatory agencies who are investigating this animal cruelty. Tell them you want her prosecuted to the full extent of the law. There is another video of her yanking the molars out of a bat with no pain relief. The bat is seen kicking and fighting her then bleeding. This woman should not be operating on bats. Thanks.</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"> </div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="mailto:wpoffice@tpwd.state.tx.us" style="color: #0000cc;" target="_blank" wotsearchprocessed="true">wpoffice@tpwd.state.tx.us</a>, <a href="mailto:robert.m.gibbens@usda.gov" style="color: #0000cc;" target="_blank" wotsearchprocessed="true">robert.m.gibbens@usda.gov</a>, <a href="mailto:policechief@mineralwellstx.gov" style="color: #0000cc;" target="_blank" wotsearchprocessed="true">policechief@mineralwellstx.gov</a></div><div><br />
</div>Ed Muzikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13214241089861837159noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25037502.post-71155854334314764502011-05-06T09:16:00.000-07:002011-05-06T09:16:14.113-07:00Allegations of Animal Abuse<div class="headers" style="background-color: #d4dce8; border-bottom-color: rgb(141, 163, 196); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(141, 163, 196); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(141, 163, 196); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(141, 163, 196); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: #111111; font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 3px;"><div class="heading" style="font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><strong class="heading" style="font-size: 14px;">Amanda Lollar commits animal cruelty at Bat World Sanctuary</strong></div><div class="author" style="font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">by Say NO to animal cruelty<br />
<em>Sunday May 1st, 2011 9:47 AM</em></div></div><blockquote class="summary" style="color: #111111; font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">Videos and photos (see links below) have surfaced of Amanda Lollar performing illegal surgery on conscious bats. The bats can be seen kicking and trying to bite her. In one video she performs an episiotomy on a bat. Lollar accidentally pulls out the bat's vagina and uterus because she cut too much. The bat passes out in shock. She later dies along with her baby. Let authorities know you want Lollar prosecuted for animal cruelty and abuse.</blockquote><center style="color: #111111; font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><div class="media" style="font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; padding-bottom: 12px; padding-left: 12px; padding-right: 12px; padding-top: 12px; text-align: center;"><img alt="amandalollarkilledthisbat.jpg " height="375" src="http://www.indybay.org/uploads/2011/05/01/amandalollarkilledthisbat.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" width="500" /><br />
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</span><div class="article" style="color: #111111; font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 12px;">Video of Lollar performing illegal episiotomy surgery on a bat. GRAPHIC!!! Mom and baby die.<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEXPuBKgkac" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #16345c;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEXPuBKgkac</a><br />
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Amanda Lollar is a "wildlife rehabilitator" who treats bats in Mineral Wells, Texas. She is not a veterinarian yet she illegally performs surgery. She illegally possesses and uses controlled substances such as Isoflurane. Her illegal acts were reported to the Texas Veterinary Board. They stated, "she committed animal cruelty and should be reported to the police."<br />
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Amanda Lollar purchases, possesses, and administers rabies vaccinations to bats. Only veterinarians may possess and administer rabies vaccinations to animals because they can cause an animal to die if not administered properly. Lollar does not report rabid bats to the Texas Health Department. Instead, she euthanizes them illegally with controlled substances, then dumps their bodies into the regular trash. Her illegal acts were reported to the Texas Health Department. They stated that "her acts are criminal and should be reported to the police."<br />
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Texas Parks & Recreation was contacted about Amanda Lollar's illegal activity as they control her wildlife rehabilitation permit. They stated, "wildlife rehabilitators cannot perform surgery, and they cannot have controlled substances." The USDA was also contacted because Lollar has a USDA exhibitor permit to exhibit her bats. Lollar violated the Animal Welfare Act by "not providing proper veterinary care." Texas Parks & Recreation and the USDA are currently investigating Amanda Lollar and Bat World Sanctuary.<br />
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In another video, Amanda Lollar can be seen using forceps to pull out the teeth of a conscious bat. The bat is clearly kicking and trying to bite Lollar. After Lollar yanks two of his teeth out the bat can be seen bleeding. Lollar uses this video as an example of "proper" dental surgery in her website <a href="http://www.batworld.org/" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #16345c;">http://www.batworld.org</a> .<br />
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Video of Amanda Lollar pulling out the teeth of a conscious bat. GRAPHIC!!!<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_GN16jtbiU" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #16345c;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_GN16jtbiU</a><br />
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A visitor to the sanctuary last year found a one-winged dead bat under Amanda Lollar's desk. It had been dead for at least two days as insects were eating it. It appeared to have died from lack of food and water. When Lollar was shown the dead bat she said the bat "was one of my favorite bats." She obviously cannot care for the bats she has if her favorite bat could go missing for days and not be noticed.<br />
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The visitor also noted that Lollar has seven dogs even though she has no kennel permit. They are all debarked. Some of the dogs have medical and dental issues, as well as very long nails. They are never walked. One of the dogs cannot use its rear legs, so she's forced to drag herself around. Lollar's outdoor cats also need veterinary care as they appear to have fleas, worms, and dental issues.<br />
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A licensed veterinarian saw the videos and stated, "This is a nightmare! No one but a veterinarian should perform surgery. Report her to the state veterinary board. She should go to jail." A viewer of the episiotomy video stated, "That is horrific! They should arrest her immediately. She pulled out her vagina! She should never be allowed around animals ever again because she has a complete disregard for their feelings of pain."<br />
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It should be noted that Lollar used photos from this bat's botched episiotomy in her website and book to show "proper episiotomy procedures." What she claims happened in her book is not what happened in real life as evidenced by the video.<br />
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These violations were reported to the police as instructed by the Texas Health Department and Texas Veterinary Board. Make sure the Mineral Wells Police Department thoroughly investigates these acts of animal cruelty and abuse. Please, politely ask the Chief of Police Mike McAllester to take necessary action, <a href="mailto:policechief@mineralwellstx.gov" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #16345c;">policechief [at] mineralwellstx.gov</a>. Also ask the USDA <a href="mailto:Robert.M.Gibbens@usda.gov" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #16345c;">Robert.M.Gibbens [at] usda.gov</a> and Texas Parks & Wildlife <a href="mailto:wpoffice@tpwd.state.tx.us" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #16345c;">wpoffice [at] tpwd.state.tx.us</a> to revoke Lollar's USDA and wildlife rehabilitation permits.<br />
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Photos of abuse, illegal surgery and controlled substances are here<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/62357242@N04" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #16345c;">http://www.flickr.com/photos/62357242@N04</a><br />
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Video of Amanda Lollar giving illegal rabies vaccination to a baby bat<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g_tSgx7yeE" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #16345c;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g_tSgx7yeE</a><br />
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Video of a skinny, shaking, dying pallid bat at Bat World Sanctuary<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rx21JohdwQE" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #16345c;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rx21JohdwQE</a><br />
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Video of Amanda Lollar holding a rabid bat in her hand without gloves. Afterwards she illegally euthanized it with Isoflurane pictured in the background then she dumped it in the regular trash<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zagiiJwFPaQ" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #16345c;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zagiiJwFPaQ</a></div>Ed Muzikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13214241089861837159noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25037502.post-83069484507552466712011-04-16T22:24:00.000-07:002011-04-16T22:24:22.908-07:00180 Days for operating a shelter without a permit?<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">What has happened here? Who changed the law? Times article says man faces 189 days in jail for operating a shelter without a permit.</span><br />
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padding-top: 0px;">April 15, 2011 | <span style="color: #8b0412; font-size: 18px;">12:04</span> <span style="color: #8b0412;">pm</span></div><div style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div></div><div class="entry-content" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div class="entry-body" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Los Angeles city prosecutors charged a <a href="http://projects.latimes.com/mapping-la/neighborhoods/neighborhood/north-hills/" style="color: #2262cc; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" target="_self">North Hills </a>man Friday with multiple counts of animal neglect for allegedly hoarding more than 100 cats and keeping seven dead ones in his freezer.</div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">James Howard, 58, also was charged with operating a shelter without a permit.111</div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">His alleged cat hoarding was discovered by the Los Angeles Animal Control Task Force, working on a tip.</div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Once at Howard’s residence, investigators counted 103 cats on the property and more than 80 living in a motor home. They found seven dead cats inside a freezer.</div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Howard could face up to one year in jail for each count of animal neglect and 180 days for operating a shelter without a permit, city prosecutors said. He is scheduled to be arraigned May 6.11</div></div></div></span></h1>Ed Muzikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13214241089861837159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25037502.post-42765207852991233872011-04-12T00:02:00.000-07:002011-04-12T00:02:48.013-07:00Alleged PETA Investigation of IAMs<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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