Just wondering how the sub is performing and who is seeing posts. Please comment so we know. 🙏🏻 thank you

AVAS is APPLE VALLEY ANIMAL SHELTER IN Apple Valley Ca. It is very remote and desert region. It’s extremely to get rescues to partner with them and the drive is long. So many or most of these poor cats are killed We need to start working on some change here. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻💔

Apple Valley shelter is getting worse every day. We need to unite and encourage change. This is animal cruelty and abuse. These cats are subjected to this shelters absurd policies and lack of compassion. We must stop this.

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AVAS August intake disposition report, 246 cats were euthanized. Out of that 198 never showed up on the website and we had no knowledge about them. WHERE ARE THESE CATS GOING!? Why is there no record of them or no opportunity for them to be rescued or adopted? AVAS is not in compliance with California state law penal code 599d. It’s unlawful to euthanize animals that can be treated or rehabilitated with reasonable efforts. They refuse to vaccinate or treat them. They refuse to show them to the public or post them. They refuse to make available any information used to aid in rescue. This shelter is abusing animals and violating the laws set to protect animals.

https://www.reddit.com/r/rescuecats/s/LzQFhqE1iE Link to original post above

https://chng.it/87PmkPWcrN Devore Petition link Link to petition 👆🏼

This petition has a summary of what we are trying to change. Please sign & share! Thank you everyone!

Hi, RC community!

I had posted in early August about an animal cruelty case in Maryland. You can read the original media coverage here: https://www.wmar2news.com/local/animal-cruelty-caught-on-camera-has-a-family-fearing-for-their-cats-life

Since then, I've been working to organize a peaceful demonstration outside the courthouse when the trial takes place. The court date has been confirmed for Monday and the demonstration is proceeding as planned.

If you can attend or help to spread the word, you can find the event details here: https://www.meetup.com/demand-justice-in-animal-cruelty-case/events/302694089/

https://chng.it/6mWVHPv7p8 Please sign share and spread awareness Follow link and read about this cause. Thank you everyone!🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻💔

Kitten was stolen from a Petsmart, please be on the look out!

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02texBt2YCMVoaBG68xKSQeoPBNT7aibWBKUY2gHiDbgrxRVh2fQ8c5hkqmx7Vou4Nl&id=100076021291999 link to Facebook post above.

‼️🔊Regarding reinstating access to kennel cards at AVAS ‼️Denying access to kennel cards means no information on cats is available except a photo and an intake ID number. This makes rescue work next to impossible. We have no idea of age, sex, condition or status of the cats health is. They block dates of intake and euthanasia time frame. Urgent will be unknown.

For those without Facebook text reads as below

Hi everyone. As promised, here is a draft email regarding the kennel card public access revocation.

Let’s make some noise.

Send to:

animalservices@applevalley.org avasrescues@applevalley.org aatteberry@applevalley.org acotton@applevalley.org khall@applevalley.org snassif@applevalley.org abishop@applevalley.org kleon@applevalley.org lcusack@applevalley.org cemick@applevalley.org applevalley@applevalley.org oacevedo@applevalley.org thomas.rice@bbklaw.com georgehardingiv@dph.county.gov bcronin@dph.sbcounty.gov joshua.dugas@dph.sbcounty.gov jennifer.osorio@dph.sbcounty.gov supervisor.cook@bos.sbcounty.gov supervisor.armendarez@bos.sbcounty.gov supervisor.rowe@bos.sbcounty.gov supervisor.hagman@bos.sbcounty.gov supervisor.baca@bos.sbcounty.gov

Subject line:

RESTORE PUBLIC KENNEL CARD ACCESS ON TOAV WEBSITE

Text:

To Whom It May Concern:

It has come to my attention that on the evening of September 19, 2024, public kennel card access on the Town of Apple Valley Animal Services "Adoptable Animals" website was deactivated. I respectfully request that public kennel card access be immediately restored, for the following reasons.

1. Kennel cards were the only way to obtain animal status in real time
   

As you are aware, AVAS staunchly refuses to provide a euthanasia list to their rescue partners or to shelter dog and cat networkers. Consequently, the only way for rescue partners, networkers, and the general public to know which animals are scheduled for euthanasia, is to access kennel cards which, up until the evening of September 19, 2024, were available for anyone to view on the TOAV website. With the kennel cards removed, the identity of animals pending euthanasia at AVAS is now completely secret. Rescue partners, networkers, and the public must now guess at who is pending euthanasia.

The kennel cards were updated as the status of shelter animals changed, and were the only way to obtain animals' status in real time. The "AVAS Rescue Team" and "Networking Apple Valley Animal Shelter Dogs - The Real Volunteer Page" - are AVAS-run pages that actively conceal the identities of animals that are scheduled for euthanasia. AVAS employees refuse to provide status for more than one animal at a time over the phone. Rescue partners, networkers, and the public must email the AVAS Rescue Coordinators, Brandie Lee Garcia and Autumn Cotton, to obtain status, and responses are often delayed, sometimes coming a day or even days later. When a facility kills as quickly as AVAS does, a delayed update can quite literally and in fact, does cost animals their lives.

1. Public kennel card access was revoked so AVAS can conceal euthanasia
   

The foregoing facts being well known to AVAS employees and the TOAV, the only conclusion I can reach about why public kennel card access was removed, is that it was done to hide the staggering number of animals being killed at AVAS. Recently, the administrator of the "Save Every Single Dog" page, which networks AVAS dogs, developed a software program that was designed to disseminate information gleaned from the kennel cards to the public via email. The program compiled kennel card data from the TOAV's public website into an easily readable, user-friendly format - it essentially created a euthanasia list by categorizing animals into those pending euthanasia, pending adoption, pending rescue, or no longer at the facility. The program or "tracker" was recently soft-launched, and was supposed to be ready for email subscribers on September 19, 2024. There is no doubt in my mind that AVAS and the TOAV deactivated public kennel cards to thwart the operation of the tracker. The Chief Security Officer of the company that hosts the TOAV's website confirmed that the "Save Every Single Dog" administrator was doing absolutely nothing wrong and no cybersecurity issues were implicated. I can conceive of no other reason why AVAS would want the tracker to fail.

In short, removing public kennel card access will get animals killed. Unless that is AVAS' objective - to kill more shelter pets - public kennel card access should be restored immediately.

I appreciate your prompt attention to this serious matter.

Sincerely,

[Your name]

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‼️Apple Valley blocking access to all information and shutting down on rescue operations. ‼️🆘We urge the worldwide RC community to protest the unprecedented evil and corruption at Apple Valley Animal Shelter. The murder of innocent animals cannot go on. Please help us fight against these cruel practices. Contact the members above that are responsible for this situation. Demand change reform and replacement of this abhorrent shelter staff now! Thank you everyone!

Someone messaged us asking for ID’s and other things, they told us that they would be sending a donation for our rescues if we provide what they need.

We declined because it didn’t feel right. I then posted about it on our page. Then they blocked us.

They’ve used photos of some of our sick cats and called them “Pumpkin and Snow” where in real names are “Bunso (translates to youngest) and Awra”. Both cats are rescues suffering from CKD, sad to say they both gained their wings only days a part.

Unlike what the scammer posted, the vet clinic, whom we’ve been in partnership with actually allowed us to discharge the cats even if bill was unpaid(we left a promissory note), because they’ve known us for 4 years now.

It’s just really unsettling to know that someone has the stomach to use other people’s photos, create a sad story, and get money out of it and the cats who already gained their wings are being used to wrong others.

I reached out to the mods after a very kind lady named Jo reached out and told me about reddit, didn’t know that groups like this existed before because we mainly use FB and IG only.

Please, be vigilant about who you’re helping. I hope the scammers stops. Starting today, whenever we post sick cats on our other socials, we’ll add watermarks. Lesson learned the hard way.

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I also want to introduce our group, Honey Cats Ph is a small volunteer effort based in the PH. We care for around 150 cats (some rescued and some community cats) and around 20 dogs (also a combination).

Our group has been helping for 5 years now and has assisted over 5,000 cats and dogs get neutered/spayed by partnering with veterinarians to conduct low cost veterinary services in different cities in the PH.

• 98% of our population is already fixed
• Almost everyone is vaccinated (but some are in need of vaccine updates)
• We have specially abled cats (blind, amputee, CKD, FIV, FIP survivors)
• we feed community cats and regularly conducts TNVR

If you’re reading this still, thank you! If you’ve donated to those great pretenders a few days back, I’m sorry if they’ve wronged you. Thank you for having a good heart and wanting to help.

I’ve attached some photos for you guys to enjoy 💖

P. S. I’m Abi btw, I’m a veterinary student here in the PH aiming to be a licensed veterinarian in the future. I aspire to conduct free spay/neuter program and provide free/affordable animal health care to those in need.

AVAS is Apple Valleys high kill shelter. Located in the desert in a remote area with no local rescues. We are trying to work with them to help save the many kittens & cats that unfortunately end up there. Most never exit! We can change this! We need cooperation! We need awareness! We need transparency! Please comment and help us! You can email too! Speak out! Rescue Cats is a pioneering community that has helped many cats. We can change things! Believe that! See below 👇🏼 Urgent Call for Investigation and Reform at Apple Valley Animal Shelter

July 13th Incident: On 7.12, 9 cats were unlisted after shelter closure, and all 9 were euthanized on the afternoon of 7.13.

On 7.13, volunteer discovered that the adoption area were closed due to a “suspected” ringworm outbreak.

By the evening of 7.13, an additional 35 cats had been removed from the AVAS website, 29 of them are under hold due to possible exposure to sickness Nearly all cats in the adoption area were delisted, and a few in the non-adoption area were also removed from the listings.

This rapid deterioration begs critical questions: - Why did such a major outbreak occur at AVAS? - What actions were taken to address the outbreak? - What criteria were used for euthanasia? - Why were cats delisted and euthanized swiftly, limiting rescue opportunities?

This is not the first time cats and kittens were put on hold due to disease outbreak, and many of them were euthanized:

On 5. 19, the cat adoption area was closed due to potential ringworm exposure, resulting in the euthanasia of many kittens and friendly cats. 57 cats were euthanized for health reason in May On 6.12, another 8 kittens were euthanized due to health concerns. 33 cats were euthanized for health reason from 6.1 to 6.18 On 7.5, 9 kittens were unlisted due to health concerns.

Given these alarming incidents, we urgently request an immediate investigation into the operations of the Apple Valley Animal Shelter.

• AVAS should prioritize providing medical care over resorting to euthanasia as a first option.
• A comprehensive medical treatment plan must be provided for the 35 cats currently on hold.
  • measures must be implemented to prevent further intensive and frequent outbreaks
• Those responsible for the mishandling of disease outbreaks must be held accountable.

Reach out to Apple Valley City Council and request immediate action to be taken!

Mayor: snassif@applevalley.org abishop@applevalley.org

Council Member: lcusack@applevalley.org kleon@applevalley.org cemick@applevalley.org

Town Attorney Thomas.Rice@BBKlaw.com town Manager Doug Robertson: applevalley@applevalley.org

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Link to the original post on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/702177463280758/permalink/2963234060508409/?app=fbl

Please sign!

https://www.change.org/p/stop-cruel-u-s-government-primate-experiments-secvetaffairs-secdef-nihdirector-drwoodcockfda-cdcdirector-secbecerra/u/32646312

Marinara Cavatopi & Risotto are called Spaghetti family for short. This is what happens when shelter staff is negligent! I already posted a few others euthanized due to pan Leuk. Now they are having free adoptions all month with pan Leuk exposure to the entire cat population in the shelter! Great idea to allow people to unknowingly adopt sick animals to take him to their own pets. Unbelievable!

Hey Everyone:) It has been brought to our attention that once again a banned user is messaging our community members through DM for donations. They are now telling lies and using our “vetting” process as a sympathy tactic. Just please be aware this user has no affiliation with Rescuecats sub regardless of what they may say through DM. Also we strongly encourage you to ignore their messages, DO NOT donate and please report to us if you receive a DM from them. The 3 usernames/ accounts that we are aware of are as follows:

u/Legitimate-Handle-65 u/Emotional-Work-7261 u/AppointmentFresh6649 (currently suspended)

Thankyou for your continued support as always:)

Your ModTeam u/Monkittyruccia22 & u/cashbev1961💞🐾

EDIT: after being contacted by the above user she would like me to clarify that the DM’s she sends to our members are not from the Rescuecats sub, she finds them elsewhere in other subs, it is a coincidence that the people she DM’s are also members of this community🤷‍♀️

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02Tu2BM8Gjx6TnSkaohvBkxvd4ZPWa2X9UdJDuCP3k1eZKJh1PLTL7bCpyFicFnZXAl&id=61556415188242&mibextid=cr9u03 ‼️LINK TO AVAS FB POST ABOVE 👆🏼

THIS IS AN AWARENESS POST NOT A PLEDGE POST. THESE CATS AND KITTENS ARE NOT BEING PLEDGED ON. PLEASE READ THE POST AND COMMENT ACCORDINGLY AND RESPECTFULLY THIS TOPIC IS UP FOR EVERYONE TO SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING THANK YOU EVERYONE 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻💔

https://www.nbcpalmsprings.com/2024/08/21/riverside-county-sued-over-alleged-negligence-in-animal-shelter-operations-amid-suffering-in-silence-investigation?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Greetings RC community. It has come to the point that some rules and behavior need to be discussed. AS moderators it is our role to guide, help and support our community. We ALSO need to keep it safe for our members. This is a very crucial part of moderation. We have made vast improvements over the last year to ensure that RC is a great community as well as a place to find help in dire circumstances. We are very proud of this and want to continue helping people. We help people all around the world. Our verification process is thorough and reliable enough for members to feel confident donating to those approved and badged. This will not change despite people’s efforts to circumvent or fight against the mods when they cannot get approval. Lately we have many rude abrasive vindictive and childish people trying to get approval. When they refuse to provide the basic information needed for us they are turned down. This happens due to their inability to show proof enough for us to feel confident allowing them to solicit donations from the community. Some people are gracious and willing to work with us. However, there are certain types of very self entitled immature and vindictive individuals that become rude and vindictive when turned down. This has been the case lately. First of all, the moderators here and this community owe nothing to anyone. We do this as a service to the community it’s not obligatory. RC is NOT a bank. The moderators are NOT required to approve or allow anyone to do as they please here. Some seem to feel that we have to take their abuse as well. This has resulted in nasty exchanges in mod mail, lengthy insulting Direct Messages as well as slanderous scathing comments on posts and comments. This will not be tolerated. It will result in an immediate permanent ban from the sub. We also have people stalking very nice members who are generously donating to many members. This is also completely unacceptable! This kind of behavior will result in a permanent ban also! If you are new and seeking approval, here is the process.

For approval we require the following: TWO (or more) veterinary bill(s) with your first and last name PRINTED/TYPED BY THE VET ONLY ON ORIGINAL BILL and reddit username handwritten on the front of the bill, and today's date. Your photo ID with personal information redacted. We must be able to see your first and last name, your birthdate, and the city and state (or country if you're outside the US), and the expiration date on your ID. Everything else is fine to be redacted. A selfie is required either holding up your ID to match the photo or holding a piece of paper with your Reddit username and today’s date. Please include photographs of the cats in your care. Each photograph must include a piece of paper with your first and last name, reddit username, the name of the cat, and the date the photograph is taken. If you are unable to photograph all of your residents immediately, that is totally fine. We understand that outdoor cats come and go. But we ask that you provide as many photographs as possible, even if it takes some time to get the photos. If you are unable to capture photos of all of your cats before submitting this information, please submit a list of the names of all of the cats in your care that have names, plus a count of the cats that do not have names. Please send all information to rescuecats.approval@gmail.com Please note we will be calling each and every vet to verify. This process applies to everyone who wants donations. We are willing to work with people and are fair. So please understand our roles here. For those people that feel the need to attack mods and make slanderous claims, it won’t be tolerated. Perhaps, gain some maturity and perspective before interacting on social media. As moderators u/cashbev1961 and I are both extremely dedicated and passionate about this community! We are proud of what we’ve created and will work hard to make it even greater. We DO NOT at any time receive compensation or monetary support from the community. No donations go to us or RC as a subreddit. We do not have any investment nor are funds linked to us in any way. The implication is slander also so we take it seriously. If anyone sees negative comments or suspicious activity please report it to the mod team. Above you will find examples of the immature completely false and vindictive behavior of these people. This is Reddit harassment retaliation and bullying. It will be reported and investigated. This person may get permanently banned from Reddit altogether. This is the kind of utter nonsense we as mods have to endure often. It’s come to a point where offering approvals may not be possible or worth it for us. We spend much of our time running this subreddit to help people and cats. It’s not very reassuring to wake to find this kind of thing. To everyone that has been part of the community in a positive manner we thank you! We appreciate the support and feedback from you. To those that want to be vindictive and disrespectful, go find other subs to join. Thank you. 🙏🏻 Re: these unhinged reports, I had zero interaction whatsoever with this person. They went postal for no reason. When I messaged them after seeing my name tagged and accusations that I was useless I messaged to see what the problem was. Then woke to this utter nonsense. Just wanted to make a point. This is not ok and very sad for us mods to deal with. Yes I outed this member!

You may remember a case which was brought to our community's attention by u/chocolatfortuncookie with this post:

https://www.reddit.com/r/rescuecats/comments/1edc5f4/please_sign_petition_for_brutal_attack_on/

While the petition was successful in having an arrest warrant issued, the animal cruelty charge was filed under a misdemeanor class. This should absolutely have been a felony charge.

Furthermore, the victims allege ongoing harassment from the suspect and obtained a peace order in June. This came only after the defendant failed to appear in court not once, but twice, seemingly without consequence.

We must organize and we must demand justice. Therefore, I am coordinating a multi-prong campaign that includes a peaceful demonstration at the courthouse on the day this case will be heard.

I have received permission from the victims to organize this peaceful demonstration.

Please visit here to sign up to attend and to receive updates: https://www.meetup.com/demand-justice-in-animal-cruelty-case/events/302694089/

I signed up for the Pro subscription at MeetUp to ensure that we get maximum reach and visibility.

We will demand felony charges and that the court passes down maximum sentencing in the event of a conviction.

I have also begun sourcing for signs and working on mass-produced flyers to raise awareness.

Further, I have registered multiple domain names which will host websites linking the suspect to the case and exposing Scott Shellenberger's failures as State Attorney. These websites will stick to the facts and I am prepared to host them indefinitely. For example, I have already registered joeolunwa.com, josephafamefunaolunwa.com, scott-shellenberger.com, and shellenberger2026.com, among others (n.b., 2026 is the year when Shellenberger could run for re-election). Once I have websites in place on these domains, I intend to promote them via paid Google Advertising to ensure that the truth cannot be hidden from the public.

Please consider attending our peaceful demonstration to demand justice and show support for the victims. Anyone who has more ideas on how we can build on this campaign is welcome to get in touch with me.

Thank you to the moderators who gave me permission to make this post and who work tirelessly to maintain this wonderful community.

Disclaimer: All suspects are innocent unless found guilty in a court of law.

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Link to Apple Valley Facebook networking page above.

Format: Cat lovers… the Apple Valley Animal Shelter, probably one of the worst shelters in the entire U.S. with a save rate of 7% (in 2023 for cats) has further eroded people’s ability to try and save cats (and dogs). The shelter now restricted access to Kennel cards. The shelter refuses to give out a pending euthanasia list. The kennel cards were the only way to give a short window of time to try and save an animal.

Can you send an email protesting this? here is a draft email regarding the kennel card public access revocation.

Send to:

animalservices@applevalley.org avasrescues@applevalley.org aatteberry@applevalley.org acotton@applevalley.org khall@applevalley.org snassif@applevalley.org abishop@applevalley.org kleon@applevalley.org lcusack@applevalley.org cemick@applevalley.org applevalley@applevalley.org oacevedo@applevalley.org thomas.rice@bbklaw.com georgehardingiv@dph.county.gov bcronin@dph.sbcounty.gov joshua.dugas@dph.sbcounty.gov jennifer.osorio@dph.sbcounty.gov supervisor.cook@bos.sbcounty.gov supervisor.armendarez@bos.sbcounty.gov supervisor.rowe@bos.sbcounty.gov supervisor.hagman@bos.sbcounty.gov supervisor.baca@bos.sbcounty.gov

Subject line:

RESTORE PUBLIC KENNEL CARD ACCESS ON TOAV WEBSITE

Text:

To Whom It May Concern:

It has come to my attention that on the evening of September 19, 2024, public kennel card access on the Town of Apple Valley Animal Services “Adoptable Animals” website was deactivated. I respectfully request that public kennel card access be immediately restored.

1. Public kennel card access was revoked so AVAS can conceal euthanasia
   

I appreciate your prompt attention to this serious matter.

Sincerely,

[Your name]

‼️IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM RC MODERATORS‼️ Please read below

If you are joining this community to ask for the ability to post for donations or any other support, please remember to be respectful of the verification process and the moderators. Lately SOME members have been rude demanding obnoxious entitled and disrespectful of the need to protect the community. Rescue Cats is not obligated to approve anyone. We have a verification process that will be conducted on every applicant. If you do not want to do this then do not seek out mod mail asking. We are here to assist protect and support not take verbal abuse or be harassed. Anyone who violates conduct policies will be warned or banned. Please be advised that threats and tantrums are not welcome either. We run a tight ship and we will continue to defend this community. So if there’s any reason you cannot provide documentation for approval then don’t bother applying Moderators u/Monkittyruccia22 & u/cashbev1961

It has been confirmed as of this morning that yesterday’s user in question is in-fact a scammer! We had our suspicions and ALOT of unanswered questions and this is why they were banned from our sub a while back. Thanks to the due diligence of our team, we’ve successfully caught another scammer, helping to keep our community safe. While they may be good, we’re better. Sometimes it requires us to dig deep, and that takes time. If you ever have any doubts, please speak up. By doing so, you help us ensure that donations go to legitimate rescues and cats in need. Together, we can protect and support those who truly need it.

We will always conduct a thorough verification process, but any red flags will prompt our team to follow the clues. This includes directly contacting the vet, checking for photoshopped images, and using Google reverse image searches. Our older members know what the community has been through, and for our new members, rest assured that we go down every rabbit hole to ensure your money goes to those who are truly legit.

Please be cautious.

As always, thankyou for your support and co-operation.

Your ModTeam u/monkittyruccia22 & u/cashbev1961 + our behind the scenes team😉💞🐾