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CRUELTY IS COMMON AT THIS FAKE DOG RESCUE
A former volunteer at Rising Phoenix Mastiff Rescue, a fake dog rescue in Yakima, witnessed its founder Trisha Porter beat a dog with a metal baseball bat on at least 2 occasions for fighting with other dogs.
The dog’s name was Nacho. He was a 3/4- year-old, medium-sized mixed breed with floppy ears and flappy jowls. The former volunteer, whom I’ll call Jane to protect her identity, told me she and Porter picked him up at an animal shelter in August of 2015.
This is Nacho the day Trisha Porter and former volunteer picked him up at a California shelter.
About 4 months later Porter decided Nacho’s aggressiveness towards other dogs made him unadoptable. Porter doesn’t like unadoptable dogs. She can’t make money selling them. And she would have to spend money to keep them at Rising Phoenix.
So she kills them.
Or her husband Joey Prater kills them.
Or she orders people to kill them.
Porter had Nacho shot and killed in late 2015/early 2016. Jane rode there with Porter, Joey Prater, and a teenager who helped out at the rescue. Here’s how she described the killing:
“I witnessed Nacho being shot. She had an under age boy do the shooting with Joey’s rifle. Joey loaded it. Trish gave the order.”
The boy shot Nacho with Prater’s rifle twice. They left him under some sagebrush for the coyotes.
AGGRESSIVE DOGS ARE DOOMED AS SOON AS THEY ARRIVE
Jane didn’t think Nacho was unadoptable. She said he was nervous when they first met him at the shelter but turned into a “wiggle butt” after he left his kennel.
She earned his trust by scratching him on his face through the fence of his pen and feeding him nachos (which is how he got his name).
While she loved all the dogs at the rescue, she told me:
“Nacho had something different. The way he looked at me. His eyes were very big and soft. He looked at me like my own dogs looked at me. Later when I would walk around the property he would watch me. I would say good morning to him as I walked into the house to get my daily chores. He was at the gate every morning. When I was in the pen he would lean on me. His tail would wag so hard he could barely hold his balance.”
Unfortunately, Nacho ended up at a fake dog rescue run by a woman with no regard for dogs’ individual behavior and temperament. To her, dogs are pieces of merchandise she sells to make money. Period.
That’s why dogs like Nacho, which didn’t get along with other dogs, are doomed as soon as they arrived at Rising Phoenix.
NACHO KILLED FOR “ACTING LIKE A DOG”
Jane told me that Nacho “hated the dogs he was kenneled with. He didn’t get along with other dogs. He started to fight with other dogs. That’s why he was getting beaten by Trish.”
Here’s how the former volunteer described this picture to me. “Pic of Nacho the day after the beating and fight. Never taken to the vet. That beating was the breaking point in his personality. He gave up, he didn’t care anymore. Nacho fought like crazy and asked for no affection. He wouldn’t look anyone in the eyes.”
She said that Nacho was beaten and killed at Rising Phoenix for simply “acting like a dog.”
Here’s how she described Nacho after Porter started beating him:
“The light in his eyes went out after the beating. Nacho quit seeking me out. He viewed everyone as a danger. He would show all the submissive signs, tail tucked, avoiding eye contact, lip licking…he wouldn’t come near me. In order to check his collar for fit I would have to corner him. The Nacho I knew was gone or buried so deep I couldn’t see him anymore.”
DOGS BEATEN ALMOST EVERY DAY
Jane said Trisha Porter and Joey Prater routinely beat the dogs with metal baseball bats. And by routinely, I mean virtually every day.
According to Jane, they beat the dogs so often Porter “had baseball bats hung on every pen to beat dogs that barked or fought or guarded the food.”
Let that sink in for a minute.
The people who ran this fake dog rescue beat their dogs so often that, for the sake of convenience, they hung metal baseball bats outside the kennels.
Jane said she witnessed the boy who killed Nacho shoot at least 4 other dogs. On 11 other occasions, when she asked about a dog missing from its kennel, Porter told her she ordered the boy to shoot them. Joey Prater provided him with a loaded rifle to carry out Porter’s orders.
Porter also told Jane that she and Prater killed several other dogs themselves before Jane arrived at Rising Phoenix.
TAKING ANIMAL CRUELTY TO NEW LEVEL
Over the last few years I’ve written about several fake dog rescues that inflicted cruel, inhumane treatment on the dogs they “saved.”
I’ve written about a “sanctuary” that stored over 100 starved dogs in crates 24/7 in a dark, foul-smelling warehouse.
I’ve written about rescues that put dangerous dogs in homes where they bit people and killed other pets.
Another picture of Nacho the day after Trisha Porter beat him with a metal baseball bat for fighting with other dogs.
I’ve written about rescues that don’t provide medical treatment to sick and/or injured dogs.
I’ve written about rescues that knowingly adopt out dogs with highly contagious viruses like parvovirus and bordetella which contaminated homes and killed other family pets.
But Rising Phoenix Mastiff Rescue in Yakima takes the vile, barbaric treatment of dogs by fake dog rescue groups to a frightening new level.
Porter also traumatized dozens of people who adopted sick or aggressive dogs from her and paid thousands of dollars on vet and training bills for the broken dogs she sold them.
Like I said, dogs are nothing but property to Trisha Porter and Joey Prater. They don’t care about saving them. Dogs are just a means for them to make money. That’s it.
I do have some promising news. Officer Randy Sutton with the Yakima County Sheriff’s Office noted that over the last 12-18 months, people have managed “to limit (Porter’s) business” through “word of mouth” and “social media.”
We must continue this trend by educating people about the cruelty she and Joey Prater inflict on their dogs is the best way to cut into her profits and force her to figure out another line of work that doesn’t involve torturing and killing dogs.
Tears looking at poor Nacho and for all she did to him. Anyone with any dog acumen and compassion knows you can’t beat a dog into getting along with other dogs in the same kennel. Yet another telling detail that these losers keep multiple dogs in 1 kennel at all shows they have zero idea what they’re doing and they don’t care at all about keeping dogs safe. Clearly, they put the safety of the dogs after their want to “rescue” cheaply if they’re putting multiple dogs in 1 kennel. This dog’s eyes are haunting and he would have been better off humanely euthanized at the shelter than ever going to suffer, fight, be beaten and eventually shot. These losers clearly don’t know anything about American Bulldogs as they are extremely sensitive and very often dog selective. That doesn’t mean they’re not adoptable it just means you have to be responsible and find the right home. These heartless losers need to have ZERO dogs in their care. What a vile existence these poor dogs have to endure with these savages. How unlucky is every dog that goes to these barbarians with their sub par living confitions and horrific treatment. I’m so sorry for every dog that has to endure such horror by these losers posing as a “rescue”. They deserve JAIL time!
I want to know why after these proofs -that this person /those people are not in jail adults & juveniles alike If they can kill & they do they need to be in jail !
i AM SO SICKENED BY T HE CRUELTY TO THESE INNOCENT CREATURES……I CAN’T BEAR IT ANY LONGER………………………WHAT CAN BE DONE LEGALLY TO STOP THIS INSANITY..JAIL ISN’T ENOUGH.
Exactly….
Amen! Then they will know how it feels to be a caged animal! Hope they burn in he’ll for all eternity!
Why haven’t they been arrested?
Washington laws regarding animal cruelty and dog rescues are weak and make it very difficult to prosecute animal abusers.
Have They Been Reported. Has anyone Gone to ALDF and asked for help from their Lawyers ?
They’ve been reported several times but I don’t know if anyone has contacted ALDF. Their website says they aren’t accepting or adopting out any more dogs but we don’t know if that’s true.
I agree…This needs to stop…Her beating him didnt help matters and to kill him…She is not God and has no right…Her and her poor excuse of a husband need to be in jail..These are living creatures like us and its not up to her…This rescue needs to be closed and they need to be in jail…Im so mad right now..
Amen!
I hope those sad excuses for are life are tortured for the rest of their lives so they have to suffer and feel horrific pain. That is how I feel about people who abuse animals.
Poor Nacho. Why arent they in jail?
My wife and I reported these people when a Mastiff we adopted and brought home immediately attacked our other small puppy once it entered our yard. They refused to refund our money, but we’re earger to agree to take the dog back, obviously so they could sell it again. Our puppy was nearly killed, and the sad thing is, I know the Mastiff was not at fault. These people refused to let us come to them and insisted on meeting at a nuetral location. I secretly followed them after dropping the dog off and reported the location to which they brought the dog. It was obviously a disgusting dump. And nothing was done. Just sad.
That’s how they operate. Thank you for reporting them.
Do you know what happened to the dog they dumped?
I don’t.
They probably beat him and killed him, too!
Jason, if you see this message, please tune into this Wednesday’s show. Seattle time 3:30pm, PST. 6:30pm, EST. Here is the link. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/inspectorbark/2018/02/07/truth-about-rising-phoenix-mastiff-rescue
Also, kindly provide me with your email. Send to info@Inspectorbark.com. Thank you.
Why are you crying? Do something to stop it. Call the police dept and demand they uphold animal cruelty laws and have the bitch arrested. Call the prosecuter and do the same, call the Humane society and ask for an investigator to come out to see the bats and conditions of the dogs , the bull dog was shot to death and the others beaten daily for what dogs do, bark. She admits to what she does. The bull dog was severely beaten before she had her son shoot him to .death, he was once a beautiful happy dog. Don`t cry, get even. Also she is on the Rip Off Report, she is not even a real rescue, just a fat bitch torturing and killing dogs breaking animal abuse laws because not enough people who claim to be advocates for animals are complacent and full of shit. I have put my complaints in, but just like saving a dog it takes a village, the same for the justification of it`s wrongful death applies as well .
Who and where to call, please , I’m in Minnesota but I definitely will
Yakima Animal Control
City government office in Yakima, Washington
Address: 129 N 2nd St, Yakima, WA 98901
Phone: (509) 575-6038
There needs to be severe prosecution for murder!we need to observe what is going on around us and confident that something will be done. Not just a slap on the hands and maybe a small fine. I know what happens in Lancaster County, Pa.
I wouldn’t call the cops they dont care. Call animal rights activists and get as many people to sign a petition or get written statements from as many people as possible. The cops in Houston shot and killed my dog. Because they wanted to search my truck for weapons. They wouldn’t let me get her out on the leash. I had her for 15 years right by my side everyday all day. I am so sick of people saying that its only a dog. She was a member of my family.
I’m so sorry. That must have been horrendous.
Poor nacho y the hell r these selfless worth of human beings not in jail juveniles or adults if there can beat or go on to kill defenceless animals then there can go jail and see if there can beat up the convicted felons
What a gutless vile sick in the head mental case. Only a mental case would torture and kill defenseless animals
Amen!!
When will this stop ? ????
I’m so angry that these people aren’t in jail. Why isn’t law enforcement stepping up? Every animal is taken away from them. We as humans are supposed to protect them. We are failing badly! How could a neighbor or volunteer not protect or stop this? So deeply saddened
Share the article!!, get the word out about these horrible people. I had a dog that nearly killed my JRT, and fought with my neutered male Hound dog. It took me 5-6 months to work with him, stopped killing chickens, stopped attacking my cats, stopped fighting with the other dogs. Patience and love, and firmness, no beating ever. Kept him on a leash, anyone he showed interest in any other animal, I just tugged on the leash and say no, got eye contact. He was a rescue from California to WA state, I never gave up on him. He became the sweetest most wonderful dog, dying of Melanoma of the tongue.
Thank you for not giving up on him and giving him a great life.
Thank you for your kindness to this poor soul
The bIull dog was shot to death by the woman`s son and husband but not until she beat his face and heat almost to death with a bat. This bu’ll dog was tortured and killed and nothing was done about it, probably never will be. She beats dogs with bats daily.
This woman and her pos significant other need to be taken and beat while chained to a tree unable to defend themselves.
They both need to be taken drag racing. Behind a truck so we can all sit in back and watch.
Don’t know why nothing is being done. The dogs will keep dieing and stopping her salinger them she will only kill these and get other thinking it’s the dogs fault. Someone has to stop her… Why didn’t the employee or volunteer take her pics to the police. The human society. Hell peta. Someone to get this stopped. Wish I had the means to go to yakima. Turn every dog lose she has. Have someone there to take them away. Then take her and that man out behind the barn with one of there bats. Just 15 minutes I would need only 15 and they would never hit another dog. But they would always remember me and my lesson. This is breaking my heart knowing she is continuing to do this…
What?????? So we should be happy that social media and word-of-mouth is limiting her ability to get dogs? Why because there’s no actual law that will stop her from getting and beating dogs with a baseball bat? These are the kind of laws that we have here in Washington State? Even with these pictures and actual witness testimonies nothing can be done to shut her down?
This is ridiculous that we need to rejoice in the fact that word of mouth is the only thing stopping her from killing more dogs right now! What the Hell!!!! What about A LAW AND JAIL TIME?!?!?!?
What about the Shelters stop allowing her to pull any animals from them period!!! It would be better that this bitch and her bastard husband be aressted and put in jail!
Yes, any shelter that sends her a dog is complicit. A simple google search would show what they’ve done.
Why didn’t this get reported by the witness, especially since it was repeated? This is clearly cruel and inhumane treatment.
These people need to put in jail and all the dogs taken from them!!! Evil POS!! >:(
Ranked right up there with Storm Rescue. Just sad that poor baby!
Why aren’t they being prosecuted for animal abuse??
I wonder the same thing.
Me too
This is one sick individual, very disturbing!
Why aren’t these people in jail
WA’s animal cruelty laws are notoriously weak and rescues are exempt from any laws mandating minimum standards of care.
What is the status of this rescue? Who do we contact about this story in Yakima?
This is outrageous and I want someone to be held accountable for investigating. Please update with contact info for follow up.
The status is unclear. They took down their FB page and disabled their website, but that doesn’t mean they can’t get dogs anymore. Yakima County Animal Control is well aware of them. They’ve had dozens of complaints, but WA animal abuse laws are really weak so it’s hard to shut them down.
What about PSADOS LAW? Have law enforcement looked at that as a means to shut them down in WA state. This comes with a state felony conviction.
You’ve mentioned the weak laws a couple of times. What’s the first thing to do to get them changed here in WA?
The first thing would be to develop a set of standard care standards that all rescues must follow and give law enforcement the ability to shut down rescues that don’t follow them. The next would be to make it easier for animal control officers to search facilities where rescues keep their dogs and require rescues under investigation to tell officers where their foster homes are located.
This story needs to continue to show that whoever witnessed what happened to these dogs also turned them in to the authorities.
It is against the law. More can be done than just this story and I hope it already has been done.
https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=16.52.205
Oh my god this hurts my heart . That precious baby suffered so much. What a horrid piece of garbage that woman is. I hope for a swift and brutal Karma.
This is a disgrace. What hypocritical monsters in disguise.
Animals are suppose to be loved, not hit, animals don’t understand when you hit them, all they know is what they have been around, all I know if Karma will find you, your in for a ride!
Yes, when will they be stopped from doing this to animals? Can’t something be done about them. This is so wrong. When will they go to prison for killing these dogs. Please lets stop them NOW!!
I don’t know about other states but in WA I don’t think it’s illegal to shoot your own dog unless you leave it injured and suffering. I know that sounds ridiculous – I’ll try to find out for sure.
A few years ago I had an occasion to talk to Officer Sutton about this issue. I thought it was possible that Trish (or someone in the organization, term used loosely) had killed a dog that I was familiar with. He informed me that in our state it was not illegal for the owner of animal to “put the animal down” with a firearm. He didn’t say that he agreed with the practice, just explained the law. I have had a lot of contact with this group. None of it good.
Unbelievable, isn’t it?
This is such bullshit! Why are you beating this to death? I know this Jane and her name is Jen. HER dog did this to Nacho not Trisha. AND she has a beef with Trisha over something else entirely.
You all are a bunch of lily livered cowards. Robert for digging up misinformation and posting it as truth. It’s hear say that wouldn’t hold up in a court of law. I would love to talk to the writer on the phone. I want to see signed notarized statements of any wrong doing. Dates, times etc.
It’s mob mentality like the KKK. I’m looking for pitchforks, crosses, tar, feathers to show up any moment.
Go ahead n blast me. I have thick skin. Just be careful your words could come back to bite you in the ass.
Rising Phoenix Mastiff Rescue and Trisha Porter have a long, documented history of abusing animals and ripping off adopters. Dozens of people have posted complaints online about adopting dogs in poor health and/or with behavior problems from her. It’s not just a coincidence that their stories are extremely similar. Are all these people who have filed complaints over the last several years lying or somehow conspiring together? No, they aren’t.
If Trisha Porter wants to people to believe Rising Phoenix isn’t a fake dog rescue group, she should:
1. Allow the public to see where she keeps her dogs, including any foster homes she uses.
2. Show vet bills to prove she provides medical treatment for all dogs that need it and all the dogs are spay/neutered for adoption.
3. Register Rising Phoenix with the WA Secretary of State’s office.
4. Maintain an account with the WA Department of Revenue, pay any taxes she may owe, and begin paying taxes on all adoption income.
5. Make Rising Phoenix’s tax returns filed with the IRS available to the public.
4.
Hi, how are you, Trish? This must really be cutting in to business. Maybe while things are slow you can wash those filthy dogs and scoop some poop.
I recognized your threatening style. “I’ll get you. I’ll sue you. You’ll pay for saying that.” Things don’t change, huh?
SHOW US the VET BILLS “Colleen” for when Nacho was rushed to the vet for treatment if you’re version of the story is true. Where are they? It would be easy to prove and if the rescue is a reputable one they would 1. Have rushed him to the bet for any and all treatment needed for his obvious injuries 2. Reputable rescues keep RECORDS of the money they spend on medical care so there would be receipts. 3. If he wasn’t shot and killed you would have a copy of his humane euthanasia from the VET. Let’s see all of this! This all would be very easy for a “reputable” rescue to show!
I think the dog was beaten not the topic. Geez, YOU, Colleen are questionably defensive. Threats to others are a manic, mental predisposition. Scary–NOT!! Get some therapy.
I’ll blast you-you nutcase. NO ONE has the right to treat ANY animal in that way and I really hope that after I for one make sure this goes viral you will just shut your nasty pie hole. Take your dog hating insanity someplace else. We just don’t 3want you. NOW SHOOO!!!
Hey Colleen! Still no vet records of Nacho being taken to a vet if your version of the story is true where ard they? You are aware that only a heartless barbarian would leave a dog suffering with those injuries and not drop everything and RUSH him to a vet. Anything less makes his “rescuer” a complete scum bag loser heartless savage. Also, where are Nacho’s euthanasia records if your backwoods deliverance monsters didn’t have him shot? Where are the records if you Ate going to believe the alternate version you say is trye than certainly you would have all the documentation right “Colleen”? You’re asking for affidavits so surely unless you’re a lying hypocrit while you are calling people “Lily livered
Cowards” for believing this article YOU would SURELY have YOUR DOCUMENTATION of ALL of the Detailed Medical records for Nacho because only a vile human devoid if empathy would ever not rush him to a vet. And only despicable
Ignorant low life losers SHOOT dogs. No one who is kind, loving or responsible rescuer shoots dogs to euth them. Colleen you talked a big game trying to DEFLECT! Now SHOW the vet records for Nacho! There is no excuse on the planet sufficient for you not having them.
We are their Voice!
My question is why wasn’t this immediately reported and something done to save nacho and others after him?
That’s exactly what I’m wondering. This happened TWO YEARS AGO. If it were true, she could and should have gone public right away – especially as she had photographs. This would have been a big enough story to take them down … if it’s true.
I’m no fan of Rising Phoenix. They have a terrible reputation, and there are just too many stories of rip-offs and poor care, from independent sources over a long period of time, for them not to be true. But this particular story simply isn’t credible journalism.
I understand why people say that the witness should have reported the incident immediately, but there were extenuating circumstances going on behind the scenes that influenced her decision.
Also, if she reported it when it happened you can’t say it would have “taken them down.” Shooting a dog you own isn’t a crime in WA. And if Animal Control was unable to do much despite dozens of complaints filed against Rising Phoenix over the last several years, some of which were about animal cruelty, it isn’t clear this incident would have been what officers needed to take action.
In addition, WA shelters are exempt from providing any standard of care for their dogs, so it makes shutting down rescues an extremely long, complicated expensive process that local and state don’t want to engage in the process. If authorities were unable to shut down the Olympic Animal “Sanctuary,” even though in many case the abuse it inflicted on its dogs were as bad or worse than anything Trisha Porter did, I’m not as confident as you are that Nacho’s story would have given law enforcement the impetus to shut them down.
Until WA’s animal cruelty laws are strengthened and rescues are required to meet specific standards of care, the best way to expose these fake dog rescues is spread the word about them as far and widely as possible.
I just wished the volunteer could have taken nacho away… Im sickened by what he went through…
I saw that, thanks! I hope it’s actually true.
Animal abuse/cruelty is a felony under federal law. Contact FBI
Sherry Schwindler that is not true. The FBI classifies animal cruelty as a felony for data and statistics. The only Federal legistlation covers organized animal fights. The FBI does not investigate state cruelty. When people repeat this others will not try and strengthen local laws against cruelty and neglect. These laws need to be enacted at the local level.
Thanks for explaining this. Laws must be enacted at the state/county level if we want to stop these people.
This is NOT the first time these SUB HUMANS have been exposed… This seems like Felony Animal Abuse & I’ve been to SEVERAL TRIALS for Animal Abuse here in WA..! These BASTARDS MUST BE STOPPED!! Poor Nacho & the other dogs they’ve ABUSED!! WHY WON’T THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE ARREST THEM?? They have PROOF! I sure hope they are investigating… It’s NOT ENOUGH to “Spread the word on Social Media to limit their doing this”.. I’M SO FURIOUS & UPSET!!
Working for a California animal control facility, I dealt with this disgustingly crooked “rescue”. The fact that they are still operating is absolutely absurd. THEY NEED TO BE STOPPED!!!!!!!!!!
Can you say what she did?
This is unbelievable, this poor beautiful dog suffered at the hands of someone that was supposed to help him. They belong in jail and should never be allowed to have another pet!!
Why is it that this person is continued to operate as a rescue group at all. Not good enough that her status has suffered and shes not getting as much business. Very disturbed by this whole thing. Why is she not being arrested and tried under animal cruelty. I am in Texas and pretty sure its different here regarding our tolerance of animal cruelty.
WA rescues are exempt from having to meet any kind of care standards, and our animal cruelty laws are very weak.
Who are these freaking people and why are these freaking people existant, there is enough proof in the photo and the writer of it all, why arent my donations doing anything to put these assholes in a mental institution
Why are they NOT being charged?
There should be a picture of these hideous disgusting people posted on the article. Everyone should be able to see their pathetic faces. They will rot in hell.
Yes they should have there faces and location of operation splattered all over social media.
?Yes. Not only should they face charges od animal cruelty and abuse, but what are they doing to the psyche of the young person who they order to shoot the dogs? They should also be reported Child Protective Services, Dept. of Children Uouth and Families.
They scout the rehoming sites for dogs, they send relatives in to adopt from shelters, they are very very devious and will continue to get dogs as long as people do not ask enough questions!!!
Of course this is increadably upsetting and the real question should be, why on earth are local law enforcement agencies ignoring this. It’s been YEARS of the animal community complaining across multiple states.
If you are local, you need to rise up and demand action. We simply can not do it for you. We will keep spreading the word in California, you bet on that!
Why in the world are these scumbags in business and not in jail? They’re socially dangerous humans. There must be laws in that city that have been violated by this bums.
Because rescue groups in Washington are virtually unregulated, unfortunately.
According to this 2016 Nbcrightnow article she says they only use foster homes and no cages or kennels. Show everyone all your wonderful Foster homes Trish or Trisha whatever you’re calling yourself. Prove it! Why are dogs living in filth in your shithole yard? How horribly unlucky does a poor dog have to be to be “rescued” by the likes of you! You clearly have NO idea about dog behavior because if you did you would NEVER keep more than 1 dog in a kennel to protect the dogs and for their safety as anyone who knows anything about dog behavior is SMALL spaces alone can inspire a fight! How do you not know this? And you don’t have enough skills or knowledge on how to get a dog selective American Bulldog a good home? You clearly really suck at what you do because there are several types of mastiffs that are known to be fond of other dogs and American Bulldogs are known to often be dog selective. In my opinion, You clearly have never learned how to care for dogs properly, you have ZERO dog skills or acumen and you clearly are terrible at “rescuing”. Let’s see your monthly vet bills- reputable rescues spend thousands every month and their vet’s know them very well and they have dogs in usually every week. Where is your vet that can reference the medical care that you provide your dogs on a weekly basis? You say the story of what happened to Nacho isn’t true?! SHOW US the Vet Bills for Nacho as any rescuer with an ounce of care would have RUSHED Nacho to the vet for treatment and loving Care! I’m betting you CAN’T because you didn’t take him and even if your version of the story is true and you didn’t rush Nacho who was clearly battered and swollen (photos don’t lie) and badly injured straight to a vet that STILL makes you a Monster and a heartless “Rescuer”. Let’s see Nacho’s pics in a loving home if you say the story osn’t true. Let’s see his Euthanasia Bill if he was humanely euthanized and not shot like a backwoods deliverance low life would. Caring rescuers have their dogs cremated after they are eithanized at a VET under sedation. Where are Nacho’s ashes? Show us if you say this isn’t true!
Despicable sad excuse for human beings they are. Evil monsters… I hope someone does to them what they’ve done to the furkids, 10 fold!!!
Bombard state and local offices with emails and fax and phone protesting and asking for arrest and shut down.
Picket their business.
Rent a loudspeaker and broadcast the info while driving through their nfighborhood.
They don’t do any “business” out of their house. They met all prospective buyers, or anyone who is considering surrendering a pet off their property in Union Gap. The address of their home is known. Maybe we should her “Olympic Animal Sanctuary” style attention. Hmmmmm….. What do you think, Colleen? We could follow you to your meet ups and stand on public property and warn people with a bullhorn. All nice and legal. That would save you from suing us.
Tax records are usually available online and searchable by owner name. Once you have the address you can search Google maps for an overbiew of the property.
It seems this is a hopeless situation. The truth was a told a bit late to save the poor baby in the pictures and apparently many others. This woman and her group is still active and obviously, laws in the state won’t protect the animals. Why wasn’t she prosecuted after beating Nacho? After beating the others? Now they are dead. If locals are aware and don’t care, what are people thousands of miles away suppose to do to help? That’s what irritates me about these posts. Communities need to take the first steps to bring about change. Change isn’t going to come from across the country. I can’t vote for representatives in Washington. My voice has little to no impact, even if I call the authorities. Sadly, more will die and be abused under this group’s care because nothing in the area is being done to stop it. How shameful.
I agree. If you have a problem with a rescue or witness abuse. Report it immediately! Keep it up till something is done. Don’t wait years to report, by that time It’s way too late.
From what I’ve read there have been some reports. No convictions.
Sounds like a.c. found conditions were ok and paperwork was in order.
Just cause you had a bad experience with them and did nothing, makes you the victim? A dollar short and a day late. It’s all in he past. It’s too late to make a difference. Start from today, move on and make a difference!
This is still illegal to beat dogs, everywhere. The authorities need to be told and the sheriff faxed. Please post the information. Contact some organizations like HSUS. This isn’t doing enough. It is also fraud so her rescue can be shut down. Guardians of Rescue, please contact them. I cannot right now. Please start a change.org campaign and I will sign. Please.
Murder , torture , all the same in Gods eyes ! You we realize that , but it will be to late ………
Please, someone report these idiots. To bad someone doesn’t give them a dose of their own medicine on a daily basis. If nothing else call the Human Society, ASPCA and for heaven sakes call the Police. This is indeed a vicious crime that is being committed on a daily basis.
They have been reported multiple times but WA animal cruelty laws are extremely weak and difficult to enforce.
That’s all the sheriff and animal control can do with pictures of proof and witnesses and these people continue having dogs?
Something is wrong with this story. If any of what is described is happening animal control would go out and take every animal from them and press charges if any if this is happening.
Anyone who cares at all would find out where they are and send animal control there and wouldn’t waste any time writing stories that don’t promote sending animal control to the location
Animal control has gone to her house multiple times but she has enough time to get things in order before they get there. And unless there is a picture or footage of them beating the dog it’s her word vs. the volunteer, which is difficult to prosecute. Her address isn’t a secret either, but she has a tall fence around the area she keeps the dogs so it’s difficult to see anything.
Please, EVERYONE, report their gofundme so they’ll stop getting donations. Click on “report campaign”. I post this article in the comments on gofundme about 30 times per day, but she immediately deletes them. Copy the link to this article and keep posting. Maybe we’ll keep her too busy with deleting all of our comments so she doesn’t have time to beat or kill more victims!
Good idea!
what is the SPECIFIC link for their gofundme? There are 150 phoenix rising campaigns and 105 rising phoenix.
150? Where did you get that number? I haven’t seen that many so please let me know.
What have they been charged with by the local district attorney ?
Also, when were the local TV stations contacted ?
Thanks for caring and helping to get this resolved. It would have been better to post the entire story from start to finish so everyone knows what happen to the ‘animals’ – I don’t mean the pets, rather the ‘animals’ that have abused the dogs.
The TV stations know about this group and a TV station actually ran a puff piece on them that ignored their years of abuse. The DA can’t charge them with a crime without strong evidence, and in this case, it’s a he said/she said situation that it difficult to prove in court.
There is a new law put and it is animal cruelty for causing any harm to any animal.
I am saddened that the Sherriff has not done anything. But I have dealt with him before and he did nothing for 2 huskies that we’re be overbred, left outside 24/7 with out food and shelter and chained with short heavy chains. I am not sure why there is such a problem in Yakima with animal neglect. ????????????????????????????????
This is Sickening!!! I hope their 501c3 has been PULLED!!! This is Cruelty and Abuse of Animals. I hope what ever was done to these dogs comes back to these cruel so called Rescuers 5 fold!!!!!
They need shut down need stricter laws for these so called rescue groups we have two in WV that I know sale dogs one B.A.R.C. aka Boone animal rescue out of Boone county they steal sale and more there is one in Ohio and one in Logan county WV to many to many getting away with every thing stricter laws start shutting down and charging with abuse barc has stolen several handicap assist dogs all but one was for children when will law enforcement listen when will government agencies listen and enforce laws to these groups may you rest in peace Nacho you precious angel may your horrible death and mistreatment and cruelty that you suffered not be in vein love you angel
I do not know why these monsters are still ALIVE much less free!
It is clear that something must be done about this so-called rescue. What also concerns me is the son being asked to shoot dogs. It is quite likely that he will soon start shooting people. If the son is under 18 this should be reported immediately to child-support enforcement. They may legally have to remove the son from the home. I do not know what age the son is. If someone provides me with the information of son’s age and how many dogs he shoots and how often I will have no problem reporting this to Yakima Child-support enforcement. If the son is over 18 it won’t work,
Thanks for your response. He wasn’t their son, he was just helping them out. He was a minor at the time of the shooting but he’s over 18 now.
Is this just a discussion forum or is there anything going around to prosecute these people?
I’ll be writing about this tomorrow.
I pasted this link into the comment section of a post on the Yakima Police Dept page and asked them to follow up. They deleted my comment in less than one minute.
Yakima Police have been to their place multiple times but by the time someone reported abuse all the evidence was gone. They cannot arrest anyone without credibly evidence, and the country prosecutor won’t press charges without it either.
She needs shut down no more dogs or cats or any animal needs to go to them just a shame sick people sad
They did shut down! https://www.seattledogspot.com/dog-adoption-rescue/rising-phoenix-mastiff-rescue-has-closed/
My question is this? How could anyone watch a dog being beaten and stand by and just take pictures? They are as guilty as the one doing the deed.
There were other factors at play that she had to take into account. The only guilty person is Trisha Porter.
I want to know why the person who witnessed this did not film it with their phone or take pictures of them doing this. Pictures say’s it all, that is proof of them abusing these animals. Why did they just stand by and watch this happening.
If you see a dog being abused, report it. Yes there are places that do not follow the laws, or they do not want to get involved. There are ways to get this noticed, like I said, the person watching this happen had a responsibility to take pictures or film this while it is happening or at least try to stop it. Send the pictures of videos to local TV stations and radios. Send it to local news papers, get the media involved. Just because they took down their web page, they are still abusing these animals and it needs to stop.
How about this we all get together and get are bats and stand outside of the pos dirty little torture camp and stand up for our furbabies they are not p.o.w
They need to have a list like most wanted people for being cruel to animals so they can’t buy or adopt any animals!