Angel’s Gate Undercover Investigation
LEXUS THE PIT BULL THAT MONSTER SUSAN MARINO TOOK IN IS DEAD. SHE HAD HER REAR LEGS AMPUTATED AND HER TAIL
SHE KEPT SOLICITING DONATIONS FOR HER. I AM SICK. THESE PEOPLE ARE EVIL
PERSONIFIED! Lexus was a young dog only 2-3 years of age. What did they
do to her?
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Angel’s Gate Undercover Investigation by PETA
By Tracey Forthesake Ofanimals Benzel
Animal Suffering, Consumer Deception at Angel’s Gate
http://www.peta.org/features/angels-gate-photo-gallery.aspx
Angel’s
Gate, Inc. (AG), is a self-proclaimed animal “hospice and
rehabilitation center” in Delhi, New York, founded and operated by Susan
Marino. AG receives “special needs animals” from all over the U.S.
Marino promises donors and people who send her animals that animals will
“live out their days in peace, dignity and love.” PETA’s undercover
investigation found the opposite.
We found that Angel’s Gate was a
chaotic hellhole, where animals whose conditions required special,
individualized, round-the-clock care were deprived of basic necessities
and quality of life. PETA’s investigator discovered the following:
Paralyzed
animals dragged themselves until they developed bleeding ulcers, even
though wheelchair carts were readily available. One dachshund suffered a
wound so deep that it exposed the bone.
Animals whose bladders
should be expressed every few hours were kept in the same diaper for up
to two days until the diapers were urine-logged, and animals suffered
from urine scald.
Animals, even severely dehydrated ones, were confined without access to water.
Animals kept outside in freezing temperatures without access to proper shelter.
Animals were confined to a bathtub, which they could not climb.
Animals were confined to bathrooms.
Small dogs were confined to Marino’s bed, several feet off the ground, with no way to leave it.
Animals
were suffering from treatable conditions without veterinary examination
or care, including open wounds and respiratory, eye, ear, mouth, and
skin infections. One dog’s infected, rotten jaw snapped in half.
Crowded conditions so stressful that fights broke out daily, leaving animals with wounds that were left untreated.
Animals
suffering from pain, seizures, and hydrocephalus (water on the brain)
were denied veterinarian-recommended and/or prescribed medication.
Horribly suffering animals on death’s door were deprived of the dignity and relief of euthanasia.
The bodies of dead animals were left out for days among live animals.
Animals were fed rancid, raw meat that had been left unrefrigerated.
View photos from PETA’s investigation, and read excerpts from our investigator’s notes.
Despite
claiming to provide “hospice care” and “rehabilitation” to hundreds of
animals, AG does not have a veterinarian on staff. PETA’s investigation
found that most animals were denied veterinary care for a variety of
ailments—from simple to terminal—and that some animals who were examined
by a vet were still left to suffer without treatment. One such
animal—an elderly Chihuahua named Malcolm who was sent to AG by Animal
Care and Control in Brooklyn—was examined but received no treatment and
languished for about two weeks before he finally died.
In
addition to controlled substances and other drugs haphazardly piled in
various bins, PETA’s investigator found medication that had been
prescribed for Shifty, a bulldog suffering from seizures, and Tucker, a
dog with hydrocephalus, untouched almost a week after a veterinarian
dispensed them. A bottle of medicine sent to AG from Kentucky with a
paralyzed pug named Franklin was found full four months after Franklin’s
arrival at AG.
PETA’s investigator repeatedly brought to
Marino’s attention the respiratory distress of a miniature horse named
Mimi, who was denied veterinary care for days before she finally died.
More than four months after Mimi’s death, Marino still solicited
sponsorship donations for Mimi’s care on AG’s website. Marino has a
spotty history with federal and state regulatory agencies: In 2004, the
IRS listed AG as an organization that failed to establish its status as a
public charity, and in 2010, AG was listed on the IRS’ list of exempt
organizations in New York at risk of having its charity status revoked.
Marino did not file her 2006 annual filing for charitable organizations
with New York’s Office of the Attorney General until September of 2010,
at which time she did not enclose the required $50 fee.
Unfortunately,
Marino has been featured positively on national TV, prompting not just
support and donations (one lottery winner apparently sent $50,000!) but
also the false impression that AG is a good place for animals.
Well-meaning people have for years naively sent ailing and debilitated
animals to Marino.
No animal should be kept in the cruel
conditions that PETA’s investigator witnessed at AG, but for animals
with special needs, quality of life and individualized care is
especially critical. Elderly animals who are nearing the end of their
lives suffer severe emotional—not just physical—distress when, for
reasons they have no way of understanding, they are abandoned by the
family they have always known and loved. Senior animals must be able to
rely on their guardians to be brave and see them through difficult
times, even when that means saying goodbye.
The animals at Angel’s Gate need your help today!
PETA
has turned over evidence to the Delaware County District Attorney’s
Office. Please join us in thanking District Attorney Richard Northrup
Jr. for investigating AG and politely urge him to ensure that the
animals there get immediate help and to consider filing
cruelty-to-animals charges (and any other applicable charges) against
Marino.
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My addition:
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It also sounds like some grounds for state and federal charges for fraud and income tax evasion on top of what they did to the animals. People like that make me sick!
knowing what we do.. then what they do.. man…. my sweetness thanks for all YOU do!
#2 Has said it better than I ever could. So I will just say this :love: