Pit bulls bit the Achilles heel of collapsing New York City & San Francisco no-kill schemes SAN FRANCISCO, California––Pit bulls bit the Achilles heel of the San Francisco Adoption Pact, putting the whole “no-kill nation” model on crutches, but even as both the San Francisco SPCA and San Francisco Animal Care & Control stagger cold […]
Fundraising turf war brings California groups’ complaint against the ASPCA
Lawsuit alleged “unfair and deceptive fundraising” EL CERRITO, California––Alleging “unfair and deceptive fundraising practices which harm local humane societies and SPCAs,” the State Humane Association of California on May 3, 2011 filed a complaint against the American SPCA with the California Office of the Attorney General. The complaint was dropped after the Better Business Bureau […]
CBS News affirms ANIMALS 24-7 exposés of ASPCA fundraising
ASPCA chief exec Matt Bershadker is grossly overpaid & ASPCA is not the national umbrella for your local SPCA, among other key points NEW YORK, N.Y.––“The heartbreaking commercials are almost impossible to ignore: Sarah McLachlan singing to images of suffering animals and making an urgent appeal for donations to the American Society for the Prevention of […]
Did Koko sign “mauler”? Gorilla Foundation pit bulls ran amok
Former senior staff member & plaintiff in 2005 lawsuit detail similar incidents, involving different pit bulls, years apart WOODSIDE, California––We never expected to find alleged pit bull attacks involved in the long, often sordid saga of the Gorilla Foundation, home of Koko the signing gorilla from her infancy until her death on June 19, […]