{"id":31747,"date":"2011-04-21T13:15:38","date_gmt":"2011-04-21T17:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/31747\/angels-gate-undercover-investigation-peta\/"},"modified":"2011-04-21T13:15:38","modified_gmt":"2011-04-21T17:15:38","slug":"angels-gate-undercover-investigation-peta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/31747\/angels-gate-undercover-investigation-peta\/","title":{"rendered":"Angel’s Gate Undercover Investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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LEXUS THE PIT BULL THAT MONSTER SUSAN MARINO TOOK IN IS DEAD. SHE HAD HER REAR LEGS AMPUTATED AND HER TAIL<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
…AND
\nSHE KEPT SOLICITING DONATIONS FOR HER. I AM SICK. THESE PEOPLE ARE EVIL
\nPERSONIFIED! Lexus was a young dog only 2-3 years of age. What did they
\ndo to her?<\/div>\n
Grrrrrr…….!!!!!<\/div>\n


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Angel’s Gate Undercover Investigation by PETA<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n

By Tracey Forthesake Ofanimals Benzel<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n

Animal Suffering, Consumer Deception at Angel’s Gate
\nhttp:\/\/www.peta.org\/features\/angels-gate-photo-gallery.aspx<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Angel’s
\nGate, Inc. (AG), is a self-proclaimed animal “hospice and
\nrehabilitation center” in Delhi, New York, founded and operated by Susan
\nMarino. AG receives “special needs animals” from all over the U.S.
\nMarino promises donors and people who send her animals that animals will
\n“live out their days in peace, dignity and love.” PETA’s undercover
\ninvestigation found the opposite.<\/strong><\/p>\n

We found that Angel’s Gate was a
\nchaotic hellhole, where animals whose conditions required special,
\nindividualized, round-the-clock care were deprived of basic necessities
\nand quality of life. PETA’s investigator discovered the following: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Paralyzed
\nanimals dragged themselves until they developed bleeding ulcers, even
\nthough wheelchair carts were readily available. One dachshund suffered a
\nwound so deep that it exposed the bone. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Animals whose bladders
\nshould be expressed every few hours were kept in the same diaper for up
\nto two days until the diapers were urine-logged, and animals suffered
\nfrom urine scald. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Animals, even severely dehydrated ones, were confined without access to water. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Animals kept outside in freezing temperatures without access to proper shelter. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Animals were confined to a bathtub, which they could not climb. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Animals were confined to bathrooms. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Small dogs were confined to Marino’s bed, several feet off the ground, with no way to leave it. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Animals
\nwere suffering from treatable conditions without veterinary examination
\nor care, including open wounds and respiratory, eye, ear, mouth, and
\nskin infections. One dog’s infected, rotten jaw snapped in half. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Crowded conditions so stressful that fights broke out daily, leaving animals with wounds that were left untreated. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Animals
\nsuffering from pain, seizures, and hydrocephalus (water on the brain)
\nwere denied veterinarian-recommended and\/or prescribed medication. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Horribly suffering animals on death’s door were deprived of the dignity and relief of euthanasia. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The bodies of dead animals were left out for days among live animals. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Animals were fed rancid, raw meat that had been left unrefrigerated. <\/strong><\/p>\n

View photos from PETA’s investigation, and read excerpts from our investigator’s notes. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Despite
\nclaiming to provide “hospice care” and “rehabilitation” to hundreds of
\nanimals, AG does not have a veterinarian on staff. PETA’s investigation
\nfound that most animals were denied veterinary care for a variety of
\nailments\u2014from simple to terminal\u2014and that some animals who were examined
\nby a vet were still left to suffer without treatment. One such
\nanimal\u2014an elderly Chihuahua named Malcolm who was sent to AG by Animal
\nCare and Control in Brooklyn\u2014was examined but received no treatment and
\nlanguished for about two weeks before he finally died. <\/strong><\/p>\n

In
\naddition to controlled substances and other drugs haphazardly piled in
\nvarious bins, PETA’s investigator found medication that had been
\nprescribed for Shifty, a bulldog suffering from seizures, and Tucker, a
\ndog with hydrocephalus, untouched almost a week after a veterinarian
\ndispensed them. A bottle of medicine sent to AG from Kentucky with a
\nparalyzed pug named Franklin was found full four months after Franklin’s
\narrival at AG. <\/strong><\/p>\n

PETA’s investigator repeatedly brought to
\nMarino’s attention the respiratory distress of a miniature horse named
\nMimi, who was denied veterinary care for days before she finally died.
\nMore than four months after Mimi’s death, Marino still solicited
\nsponsorship donations for Mimi’s care on AG’s website. Marino has a
\nspotty history with federal and state regulatory agencies: In 2004, the
\nIRS listed AG as an organization that failed to establish its status as a
\npublic charity, and in 2010, AG was listed on the IRS’ list of exempt
\norganizations in New York at risk of having its charity status revoked.
\nMarino did not file her 2006 annual filing for charitable organizations
\nwith New York’s Office of the Attorney General until September of 2010,
\nat which time she did not enclose the required $50 fee. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Unfortunately,
\nMarino has been featured positively on national TV, prompting not just
\nsupport and donations (one lottery winner apparently sent $50,000!) but
\nalso the false impression that AG is a good place for animals.
\nWell-meaning people have for years naively sent ailing and debilitated
\nanimals to Marino. <\/strong><\/p>\n

No animal should be kept in the cruel
\nconditions that PETA’s investigator witnessed at AG, but for animals
\nwith special needs, quality of life and individualized care is
\nespecially critical. Elderly animals who are nearing the end of their
\nlives suffer severe emotional\u2014not just physical\u2014distress when, for
\nreasons they have no way of understanding, they are abandoned by the
\nfamily they have always known and loved. Senior animals must be able to
\nrely on their guardians to be brave and see them through difficult
\ntimes, even when that means saying goodbye. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The animals at Angel’s Gate need your help today! <\/strong><\/p>\n

PETA
\nhas turned over evidence to the Delaware County District Attorney’s
\nOffice. Please join us in thanking District Attorney Richard Northrup
\nJr. for investigating AG and politely urge him to ensure that the
\nanimals there get immediate help and to consider filing
\ncruelty-to-animals charges (and any other applicable charges) against
\nMarino.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Putting your subject line and letter into your own words will help draw attention to your e-mail.<\/strong><\/p>\n

My addition:
\nPLEASE BE SURE TO GIVE THEM A VOICE….YOURS!
\nhttps:\/\/secure.peta.org\/site\/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=3680<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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LEXUS THE PIT BULL THAT MONSTER SUSAN MARINO TOOK IN IS DEAD. SHE HAD HER REAR LEGS AMPUTATED AND HER TAIL …AND 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? Grrrrrr…….!!!!! Reposted By: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31747\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}