Practically all dog trainer cruelty & neglect cases end with plea-bargained probation DAYTON, Ohio––The June 9, 2026 sentencing of former dog trainer Jason Thomas Jones, 47, who previously owned and operated Dayton Dog Trainer LLC in Huber Heights, Ohio, may mark a distinct turnabout in how judges handle cruelty and neglect inflicted in alleged dog […]
How did Miranda’s Rescue manage to disappear so many dogs for so long?
Jailhouse media conference offers no answers, & announces no charges about what was allegedly a money-making family business FORTUNA, California––A media conference held June 29, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. in the Humboldt County, California jail briefing room, in Eureka, California, open only to credentialed reporters, was broadcast live via Facebook, with the camera turned sideways. […]
Miranda’s Rescue: groundbreaking to build case digs up the dirt
At least 731 dogs disappeared in a year’s time. How many over 31 years? FORTUNA, California––Groundbreaking began on June 23, 2026 to build a criminal case against Miranda’s Rescue founder Shannon Miranda, 55, under suspicion since May 1, 2026, of having accepted at least $510,000 in 2025 alone to rehome dogs, mostly pit bulls, most […]
Unmasking Miranda’s Rescue: what happened that we know about
Humboldt Spay/Neuter Clinic & Humboldt Critters Without Litters founder Jennifer Raymond dug up the evidence ANIMALS 24-7 on May 22, 2026 mentioned that, “The Humboldt Lost & Found Pets page on Facebook, serving Humboldt County,” in northern California, “has been flooded for days with desperate messages from individuals, rescues, and even established animal shelters, hoping […]
Amid five California sanctuary fiascos, Suwanna Ranch hosts survivors
DELTA Rescue, Rock N Paws, Duck Sanctuary, Miranda’s Rescue, & Villa Chardonnay/ Horses With Wings disasters come like toppling dominoes FORTUNA, JULIAN, & ELK CREEK, California––Amid the early 2026 meltdowns of five of the biggest and most publicized California animal sanctuaries, one of the oldest, biggest, least publicized and quietly stable California animal sanctuaries, the […]
How landlords & animal control made horrific hoarding cases worse
Hoarding situations are bad enough even when the people with jurisdiction respond AUSTIN, Texas; CASWELL, Alaska; RIVERSIDE, California––Among the first 49 animal hoarding cases coming to the notice of ANIMALS 24-7 during the first four months of 2026, three in particular stand out, not because they were among the biggest, though one was, but because […]
“Open rescuers” lick wounds; Ridglan Farms cited for deep do-do
Dane County Sheriff’s Office response on April 18, 2026 was most violent in history of U.S. animal advocacy MADISON, Wisconsin––Two days after about 200 animal advocates on April 18, 2026 attempted an open rescue of 1,500 to 2,000 beagles at the Ridglan Farms laboratory research beagle breeding facility near Blue Mounds, Wisconsin, the most […]
Ridglan Farms round #2: tear gas, mass busts, & no beagles rescued
About 200 protesters were met with clouds of gas & a media release barrage of excrement BLUE MOUNDS, Wisconsin––The one reliable statistic emerging from the April 18, 2026 attempted open rescue of 1,500 beagles believed to remain at the Ridglan Farms breeding complex near Blue Mounds, Wisconsin was that not one beagle was removed […]
“Dogs” found dead on Guemes Island were foxes, so no criminal charges
Globally sensational case began with fur farming & commercial crabbing, says sheriff GUEMES ISLAND, Washington––The victims were fur farm foxes, not domestic dogs, who may have died from anal electrocution, gassing with car exhaust, or lethal injections of anything deadly. Since their point of origin is undisclosed, there is no telling whether any law there […]
Louisiana SPCA does what an SPCA should never do: ignores cruelty
The definition of “Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals” has not changed in more than 200 years NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana–– The term “SPCA,” since the 1824 formation of the London SPCA, renamed the Royal SPCA in 1840, has meant “Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.” But perhaps changing times have changed […]