Paw Protectors Rescue

11/09/2025

Thank you to all the attorneys that choose to be on the right side of history and for challenging the county and city tax payer funded municipal animal shelters status quo, it's about damn time!

Animal advocates aren’t staying silent anymore.

We are also aware that Both Long Beach Animal Care Services and San Bernardino City Animal Shelter have been under scrutiny for years and are now on the radar for serious Hayden Act violations, the law designed to protect shelter animals in California.

Long Beach Animal Care Services and San Bernardino City Animal Shelter = Hayden Act violators on watch. 👀🐾

Another Cal Animal member being exposed and held accountable for their Hayden law violations and mistreatment of rescue groups. LAST WEEK APPLE VALLEY, AND NOW DEVORE SHELTER.....

This just in:
RYTHER LAW GROUP IS SEEKING PLAINTIFFS IN CASE AGAINST SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. If you are a 501c3 nonprofit organization, and you have had a dog or cat on a rescue hold KILLED by DEVORE before you could arrive... OR your organization has spent more than $5000 to save a life from a a visible health condition at the time of rescue PLEASE CONTACT US: [email protected]

Exposing Best Friends & HASS - A Deadly Alliance "Occupy Devore Shelter" Friends of Devore Shelter Dogs Wee Companions Small Animal Adoption Reform Riverside Animal Shelters Paw Protectors Rescue Animal Protection and Rescue League Julie Virga Fix Our Shelters Pet Assistance Foundation Justice For 318 SAVE THE ANIMALS AT SAN BERNARDINO SHELTER The Duck Sanctuary Exposed Sascha Knopf Human Animal Support Services "Hass Exposed" Tracy Voss Robby L Caban Center for the Environment and Welfare

11/09/2025

We sure do love watching Bad Animal Shelter Directors and Bad Animal Shelters lose!

Judge Bacal admonished San Diego Humane Society at the last hearing regarding their Dumping Cats for Stats lawsuit which they lost. Judge Bacal stated let's be clear, Plaintiffs won their case and lawsuit based on the merits.💪👊🏼

Gary Weitzman climbed out of whatever hole or rock he had been hiding under to attend the last hearing and show his face in the courtroom where his implementing the community cats program at San Diego Humane Society was deemed as animal abandonment.

11/01/2025

🐾 JUSTICE FOR THE VOICELESS: LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST APPLE VALLEY ANIMAL SERVICES 🐾
NBC Palm Springs just reported that a major lawsuit has been filed against Apple Valley Animal Services, accusing the shelter of systemic mismanagement, neglect, and violations of the Hayden Act — the very California law designed to protect shelter animals and give them a fair chance at adoption.

👉 NBC Palm Springs – The Roggin Report.
According to the report, the complaint alleges that Apple Valley Animal Services:
Failed to provide adequate veterinary care and humane treatment.
Mishandled medical and adoption records.
Euthanized animals that could have been treated or placed in homes.
Ignored statutory obligations under the Hayden Act, which requires transparency, medical care, and efforts to reunite or adopt out animals before euthanasia.

Shelters are supposed to be safe havens — not places where neglect is normalized.
💔 These animals have no voice. We are theirs.
🐶🐱 This lawsuit isn’t just about one shelter — it’s about accountability statewide. When agencies funded by taxpayers disregard the law, it erodes public trust and destroys the progress so many advocates have fought for.
If you believe in compassion, transparency, and reform in our shelter system, please:
✅ Share this post to spread awareness.
✅ Follow the case as it unfolds — and ask your local officials what’s being done to ensure compliance with the Hayden Act.

Together we can demand that California’s animal-welfare laws are not just words on paper — but promises kept.

09/15/2025

This is what co-opted “No Kill” policies and procedures pushed by HASS, Best Friends, Austin Pets Alive and Hassen really mean: hiding dogs and masking their dangerous behaviors from the public—all in the name of inflated live-release rates.

This is exactly why we at Paw Protectors Rescue have fought tooth and nail to keep HASS, Best Friends, Austin Pets Alive and Hassen out of OC Animal Care (OCAC) since 2018! 💪💪

Another serious incident at OCAC underlines Paw Protectors Rescue concerns: the very policies being peddled by HASS, Austin Pets Alive, Best Friends, and Hassen are what lead to these kinds of situations.

The first serious incident at OCAC occurred when an employee was mauled after Mike Kaviani enacted these policies. Now, history repeats itself.

According to the lawsuit, the county shelter failed to identify dogs that could be dangerous to staff or volunteers.

The case claims that the county “knew or had reason to know that Blaze had dangerous propensities and posed a severe risk to people at the shelter.”

Hauntingly, these policies enacted by HAAS, Austin Pets Alive, Best Friends and Hassen risks human safety, breeds distrust, and undermines the entire No Kill promise.

https://www.ocregister.com/2025/09/14/dog-mauling-at-oc-animal-shelter-sparks-negligence-suit-from-volunteer/

Volunteer Emily Moncur almost lost an arm in the attack by a dog she had just finished photographing in 2023, claims a lawsuit.

06/19/2025

The hits keep coming for San Diego Humane Society, SDHS PR machine keeps portraying themselves as a Beacon in Animal Sheltering, they are not.

We don't always agree with Nathan Winograd, but Wow!

From the architect of the Real No Kill Movement.

Gary Weitzman and San Diego Humane Society tried to spin this and claim victory.

San Diego Humane Society has not mastered the art of caring for animals but have mastered the art of spinning, lying, and deflecting.

Remember Folks, Real Animal Advocacy works!💪💪👊🏼👊🏼

In a victory for animals and those who care about them, a California Court issued a permanent injunction prohibiting the San Diego Humane Society from refusing to provide shelter and care to kittens and lost cats and instead abandoning them on the street.

While the ruling supports the legality of community cat programs, including for feral cats, it requires shelters to comply with state laws regarding abandonment and animal care.

In a bid to recast the Court’s ruling against it, the San Diego Humane Society claimed victory in the case — a claim echoed by apologists for “shelter” malfeasance — even though the Court ruled against SDHS and prohibited them from making any changes to the program that would reduce protections for kittens and for adult cats who are social with people.

CBS originally wrote an article regurgitating SDHS’s false claim of winning. They quickly removed the article when presented with the truth. CBS subsequently reported that “A judge found the Humane Society’s Community Cat Program violated state law…” In fact, it wasn’t a community program; it was a program that turned its back on kittens and lost or abandoned friendly cats.

Learn what the ruling means for kittens, social cats, and feral cats, and why we need to continue insisting on — and passing laws that mandate — No Kill policies: news.nokilladvocacycenter.org/p/court-prohibits-shelter-from-dumping

06/19/2025

We don't always agree with Nathan Winograd, but Wow!

From the architect of the Real No Kill Movement.

Gary Weitzman and San Diego Humane Society tried to spin this and claim victory.

San Diego Humane Society has not mastered the art of caring for animals but have mastered the art of spinning, lying, and deflecting.

Remember Folks, Real Animal Advocacy works!💪💪👊🏼👊🏼

San Diego Humane Society community cat program restricted by court

06/19/2025

The Hits keep coming for San Diego Humane Society!

Momentum Is building and the truth Is coming out.

No more return-to-field dumping of kittens or cats with clear signs of ownership orders judge

06/19/2025

People are finally learning the truth about San Diego Humane Society.

It’s been a long haul but hard work from
all the animal advocates is starting to pay off.

More people are questioning and that is how change starts.

Remember Folks, Real Animal Advocacy works!

SDHS Misled the Public—Again. Here Are the Facts.