In the last few weeks, I’ve written the following posts about what I consider questionable dog adoption practices by PURRR Rescue and the organization’s effort to keep up to 2 dozen of its dogs hidden from the public:
Pierce County officials concerned rescue is adopting out dangerous dogs
Dog adopted from PURRR Rescue mauled 6-year-old in 2013
PURRR Rescue director admits she used taser on her dogs
Why is PURRR Rescue keeping 20+ dogs outside in tents during Washington’s rainy winter?
PURRR Rescue’s attorney is threatening to sue Seattle DogSpot
When Brynn Grimley at the Tacoma News Tribune first broke this story in December, she noted that the City of Lakewood denied PURRR Rescue’s request for a business license.
Through a public records request I obtained a copy of a letter sent from Lakewood Assistant City Manager M. David Bugher to PURRR Rescue’s attorney Adam Karp explaining why the city denied PURRR’s application.
Dated September 11, 2014, the letter documents several confrontations between Lakewood Animal Control and PURRR Rescue director Diana VanDusen and outlines the specific reasons why the city denied the license.
The letter reveals that Lakewood received “multiple complaints relative to Ms. VanDusen’s/PURRR Operations” and, in my opinion, indicates that PURRR Rescue put dogs into peoples homes without conducting proper behavior assessment evaluations on them.
Assistant City Manager Bugher said that the City of Lakewood denied PURRR Rescue a business license because it believed “the issuance of a City of Lakewood business license to PURRR would be injurious to the public health, safety, and welfare” of the city.
Here are some of the incidents Mr. Bugher highlighted as the reasons the city denied the application followed by the entire letter:
Incident #1
On May 12, 2014, Lakewood Police were dispatched to Ms. VanDusen’s home after someone reported two dogs were at large. An Animal Control Officer cited her for two counts of “animals at large on private property and one count of animal license required.” She was fined $200 but as of September 9, 2014, “no part of (the) fines (had) been paid.”
Incident #2
On July 16, 2014, Animal Control Officers from Lakewood and Tacoma arrived at Ms. VanDusen’s home “to serve a potentially dangerous dog declaration” to her. The dog, a pit bull named Daisy Mae (she was listed as Sadie Mae in other stories), was deemed potentially dangerous because soon after it was adopted from PURRR, it “promptly killed a Tacoma family’s two cats.”
When the officers knocked on the door, the house “erupted with barking dogs.” One of the officers saw “8-10 Dachshund/Chihuahua type dogs” in the house, and one of them “heard a voice telling them to be quiet.” He also said “it sounded like someone was putting dogs in other rooms.”
Sadie Mae is now kept as a foster dog at a boarding facility on Joint Base Lewis-McChord.
Incident #3
On August 2, 2014, Lakewood Animal Control Officer Mathies was dispatched to an apartment building for a “dog-on-dog attack.” His investigation revealed that a pit bull named Chico “killed a Pomeranian.” Chico was “a PURRR rescue dog.
Later that morning Officer Mathies went to PetSmart in Lakewood to talk with Ms. VanDusen. When he contacted her “he discovered that she was selling animal without a valid business license.”
Chico’s owner later told Officer Mathies that Ms. VanDusen told him “she could change the breed of his dog on paper so the pit bull could be accepted at an apartment complex that didn’t allow the breed.”
Adoption papers showed that Chico from a kennel in the Los Angeles area and was surrendered “for what we understand are animal aggressive behaviors.”
Chico was surrendered to Lakeside Animal Control and euthanized.
Incident #4
On August 17, 2014, a woman named Diana Sullivan reported that a gray pit bull “attacked a small Shih Tzu mix named Sweetie that was being walked by its owner.” The dog sustained severe injuries and had to be euthanized.
During the course of their investigation, Lakewood Animal Control learned the dog, whose name was Mama, “was also a PURRR rescue dog.”
Mama’s owner told officers that on the afternoon of the incident, “she began receiving calls and text messages from PURRR volunteers and/or affiliates.” One of them who identified herself as Lisa said that “she was a friend of Ms. VanDusen and and that she would take the dog down to California for training.” Lisa also asked her to “tell police she had a friend who was a dog trainer” and “specifically asked (her) not to reference PURRR in her discussions with law enforcement.
(A woman named Lisa Cowan in California sent me several messages threatening to sue me about my PURRR Rescue posts. She lives in California butI don’t know how she is connected to PURRR. I can’t say for sure if she’s the same woman that contacts Mama’s owner, but I doubt it’s a coincidence.)
The report also noted that “subsequent contacts were made with (Mama’s owner) by individuals ostensibly acting on PURRR’s behalf coaching her what to say to the police; requesting that any medical bills be forwarded and that fundraising would take care of them, and that the microchip would be changed.” Someone also told her “a new owner would be found for the dog.”
An investigation revealed that the dog was “surrendered for aggressive behavior” to the animal shelter for the city of San Bernardino, CA. The report noted that “this information was not disclosed to (the dog’s owner) or her family.
Mama was euthanized at the Humane Society for Tacoma and Pierce County on August 27, 2014.
Here’s a summary of the three reasons the city of Lakewood gave for denying PURRR’s business license application:
1. “PURRR and/or its principal, Diane VanDusen has engaged and is likely to continue to engage in illegal activity, causing a nuisance, and in violation of the Code meriting license denial.”
2. “PURRR and/or its principal, Diane VanDusen, has failed to pay a civil penalty/civic judgement.”
3. “PURR has failed to cooperate in an investigation” the city of Lakewood conducted to determine if it should approve its application for a business license.
It is disturbing to me that PURRR Rescue has had multiple confrontations with animal control officers. I’ve never heard of a rescue adopting out dangerous dogs that killed other dogs and cats, coaching what adopters should say to animal control, and, as noted in the report, accused by a municipality of “(engaging) in illegal activity” and “causing a nuisance.”
If you plan to adopt a dog from a rescue, please do your research carefully. Rescues that have had lots of problems with animal control or law enforcement should raise red flags.
There are plenty of reputable groups with spotless records that have great dogs waiting for a good home.
Here is the entire letter from the city of Lakewood to PURRR attorney explaining why their application was denied:
Lisa says
What a joke. Funny you don’t post you’re screenshots from the convo I was added to with you and April where you talk.
And FYI asshole. I will be getting a recording from AC. Where Bill therapist told me on the phone that mom is on her her own dog mold her child a few years ago where he was actually the animal control officer on the report. He said she was in a responsible dog owner and I’ll get a copy of that recording and blasted the owner actually told me she didn’t want to pay for the medical bills and yes I will go on record saying I did want mamas to come down to California for training Never said to hide or just said bring her down here for some training we do have some reputable trainers down here in California and at that point in time there was about four I had in mind and I’m not the only person who was in on that and I don’t feel the need to name any names cause it’s none of your goddamn business. Where the conversation went was if she wanted to send the dock to training and keep mama is then we could arrange that or have her read rescued from the shelter no hiding the dog no behind-the-scenes shit like you’re talking. To me I think you have an obsession with Diana I don’t know if you tried to ask her out on a date and she rejected you were something but to me you have a single white female syndrome and your joke to journalists
You can post about me all you want to because I actually laugh at anything that you say you’re pathetic. I know that you talk to Jerry Edelman a lot, she’s another joke and rescue
I know for a fact that she was feeding you information in fact I have screenshots that save that from other people so if you’re on a hellbent mission on destroying Diana with Jer because unfortunately for you I have screenshots from Jer herself saying how she wants to destroy Diana, unfortunately I used to be friends with that joke of a rescue. Now if you want to keep talking to idiot people like Jer you go right ahead maybe I’ll start my own blog. 🙂
” Rescue journalist joke Robert Pregulman ; behind the obsession with PURRR.
“.
Perhaps that will be my first blog.
Robert , get a life. How many dogs do you help ? Save ?
Have you offered to go walk Diana’s dogs. Have you offered to help at events ? Have you offered to go do anything ? Didn’t think so.
SDogSpot Author says
FYI, this comment is from the woman named Lisa Cowan that I mentioned in my article.
DogMom says
Wow, Lisa, your rude remarks, horrific spelling and rants, sure make YOU look unstable, and unstable people support Diana. Anyone who tasers a dog is unstable. The reports by ac and state are very accurate. You however are so far off. Try supporting good rescues, or sit down and shut up. Robert does incredible research. Maybe you should try it. If you truly support this sham rescue and Diana, you need your head examined. We in WA have known about Diana and her dog SELLING, for years. This is nothing new. However. We now know to add you to the DNA list, so thank you for showing your true colors to the public. Bravo. Well done. Two loonies for the price of one. Lol. Have a wonderful, lollipop and rainbow filled day.
Lisa says
My spelling is bad on there as I was using speaker during my rant. I have a double arm surgery coming up you asshole. Yes. I made comments. Misspelling and.yes RUDE.
I think ROBERT is a bitch. Not a man. I think he’s obsessed. I think he needs mental help.
Yes, Diana needs help with the dogs. So either shut the fuck up. Or help. Bottom line.
DogMom says
I rest my case. Clearly you all see for yourselves the nut that is Lisa.
Now we see who gives Diana more money makers. Lisa we do not need more dogs here in WA, let alone ones you and Diana have damaged. Taser yourself. See how it feels.
Dona says
I’ve seen LOTS of offers to help van dusens dogs…. The ONLY offers of help she will accept are cash offers. The dogs in her “care” are probably beyond help now. They needed behavioral assessments and aggressive training BEFORE. Captivity makes it worse. Diana is a lunatic and her enablers need to let go of the DELUSIONS, stop protecting a mentally I’ll woman and start protecting dogs
Cyndi. Rowe says
These ladies are nuts, anyone harboring dogs under those conditions definitely has issues, sounds like another Olympic Dog Rescue.
DogMom says
I agree.
LisaC says
My speak to text failed. Big deal. You know what I mean.
I have my arm surgery and you choose to focus on that fact you make me so sick that as I was driving I used speak to text ??? Get over it.
Here Is my point.
You are an asshole. Your readers won buy into this shit are assholes.
More importantly is Robert is obsessed with Purrr. That’s scary. He is disturbed in the head for sure to be so obsessed with Diana.
logical human says
wow…so you need double arm surgery, you’re driving a car and somehow manipulating your phone to use voice recognition? California drivers beware!!
LisaC says
Shut the hell up Jer
logical human says
sorry my name isn’t Jer. but thank you for confirming the depth of your paranoia to assume that everyone is Jer. You have alienated a lot of people in your rantings, and you definitely are not an asset to the rescue. Professional people cannot work with you and MANY that have wanted to help the rescue have turned away because of your attitude and your interference. If you really wanted to help PURRR rescue and the dogs you would be quiet.
DogMom says
Call the looneybin. Lusa needs fitted for her white strappy jacket.
Lisa says
Shut up Dona barone. You call CPS on children. In fact you bragged after Desiree and you spoke of going after Diana with Jer. Karen parks is a nutter and your dna lists are a joke. You think you can add someone to an online DNA list and that any shelter gives a fuck because somebody spoke Their opinion.
Screenshots from a conversation with Jer and Robert have been sent to the attorney.
Courtesy of yours truly.
Ps. Fix your spelling yourself dogmom
Clearly Diana has asked for help and she would take help. No one said she didn’t need help.
Bill mathies told ME on the phone he was killing mamas because she was a ” pit bull terror “. Not terrier. He hates pitbulls.
And for the record other rescues in WA take pits from Cali.
Diana is NOT taking any dogs and is working on getting her current dogs into good homes and training programs.
Unless you have some help to offer these dogs Doña stfu.
And to the rest of you who support Roberts vendetta shame on you.
Robert was in a pm with Jer Edelman and Nicole and Ashley and was looking for reasons to go after these dogs.
How is constantly doing articles on Diana’s rescue helping these dogs ??? Please answer this question. What do you gain from attacking the dogs future well being Robert ? Seems to me you merely want to harm their future. Not help
Have you offered to go help ????????? Have any of you offered to help ???????????
Karen Parks says
I have many of the same threats from Lisa C claiming I was the one trying to get Dianna in trouble, actually it appears she did a very good job all by herself.
DogMom says
Yes, she sure doesnt need help with that. She and her minions have proven their unstability.
Lisa says
Let’s ask this. What have YoU offered to help with ? Besides your Attacks ???
MJ says
Lisa is just fed up with people “attacking”, rather than trying to “help”. I understand her frustration. We are, afterall- only human.
I also don’t know what the WHOLE TRUTH IS. I also don’t know what the answer is.
To the poster who said Diana is “selling dogs”. Why do you say “selling” as opposed to “adopting out”? Thanks.
DogMom says
Shes will give dogs to anyone, no home check or background checks done. She adopts out unaltered pets. She gets money for most she takes from Cali, pledges if you will. So to just give a dog to anyone with the money, is selling or flipping dogs. Diana does not have a leg to stand on, and her friend Lisa, apparently has no arms to help, but does have quite a big mouth.
Dona says
Mj, it’s true , you don’t know much of ANYTHING, true but MANY MANY MANY people offered Diana help. Non of them attacked her. It’s well known she is a crazy person. These people offering help tip toed around the crazy person FOR THE SAKE OF THE DOGS. So many tried to just placate Diana and get the dogs, but she only wants money. When you all hold fundraisers for her , she spends the money and the dogs are still being held hostage ….then on to the next FUNDRAIZER. For dogs kept in plastic tent. It’s Diane’s little Guantanamo bay. Tazers included
DB says
Perhaps the other rescue can help Diana instead of backstabbing. Lets help her adopt or train the dogs she has. Isn’t that the goal here anyway? Regardless of he said/she said…the dogs are what’s important!
DogMom says
Help her how? Clean up her legal messes? Take in her dogs, so she can obtain more? Rescues have offered but Diana denied them all. Maybe she should help herself by getting a real job, stop pretending to be a rescue, euthanize the dogs that are dangerous, and seek mental help. This will turn out no better than OAS. Being over the limit is bad enough. If she really cared, she would stop taking in more, adopt those she has, and retire from pretend rescue.
say what says
People like this do not want help they wont listen to reason,they wont follow advice other rescues would be wise to steer clear or help to shut her down. Especially any bully rescues,she is giving every pit hater ammo.
Dona says
Everybody HAS TRIED and TRIED to get the dogs, offer training etc. Diana is so nuts she won’t let anybody in and won’t send the dogs out to get MUCH needed training. BACK STABBING? this is a real live HOSTAGE SITUATION! All those dogs are trapped. She makes them stay and live on tents and she patrols the place with a TAZER GUN
WA rescuer says
So what help has been given to these dogs in question? there are people willing to take them, yet those people have been denied access to them. There are trainers in CA and WA that have offered to take them, yet they have been denied too. Now rumors and lies are being spread about all the people who have offered. A rescue that is open and transparent would gladly accept the help, thank the people helping them and end the horrible nightmare for the dogs as well as for themselves. If this rescue was definitely interested in moving forward, they would accept the help and move forward. they would think the people that have offered to help them and they would develop a plan and protocol to ensure that it never happened again. But now this rescue has become anything but transparent and the director is relying on people with foul mouths and paranoid attitudes to speak for them. it is a horrible way to represent a legitimate nonprofit and it does little to instill faith from the general public that this is an organization worthy of financial support.
Robert Hudson says
Adam Karp? Isn’t that the same lawyer that reped that woman in the Olympic Animal Sanctuary case? These lawyers really do work either side don’t they.
SDogSpot Author says
Yes, he’s the same one.
Robert Hudson says
Why is it all the rescues or sanctuaries in Washington and Oregon that have been accused of some sort of abuse in one form or another, are bringing in truckloads of dogs from Southern California instead of rescuing dogs in their own back yard?
SDogSpot Author says
Good question. In the 70’s people began to learn about the high euthanization rates in CA shelters, and in order to reduce the numbers of dogs that were killed in shelters, CA Legislature passed Hayden’s Law, which required shelters to release any dog scheduled for euthanization to any rescue that requested it. The only requirement was that the requesting shelter had to be registered a 501c3 charity. Some people have seen this law as a business opportunity – they start a rescue, register it as a 501c3, and start pulling dozens of dogs from CA shelters and rehoming them in the NW without doing any behavioral testing, addressing their medical problems, getting them spay/neutered, and/or having them properly vaccinated. By cutting out these expenses, charging excessive fees for their dogs ($500 or more), and adopting out the dogs as quickly as possible, these rescues can make tons of money since their only expense is paying to have the dogs brought to WA. And that cost can be minimized by bring up van loads of them at a time.
Some of them don’t even pay to have for transportation because they get pledges from people to bring the dogs here.
The result of this is that some dogs sent to CA because of behavioral problems end up in WA and adopted out to families without getting any type of behavioral assessment, and they end up killing other pets or attacking people. After that happens, they end up getting euthanized anyway, but by then the rescue already has made a few hundred bucks and it is difficult to hold them responsible for anything the dog did. Other dogs that are adopted out without getting vaccinations can end up with a variety of ailments – kennel cough, ringworm, parvo, that can cost the adopter thousands to treat.
Lastly, once the dogs leave CA, the shelters down there do little, if any follow up to see what happens to the dogs they send up here. They just want them out of their shelters so they can both save money and reduce their kill rates. They don’t care if the dog eventually ends up getting killed in WA instead of CA. If these rescues took dogs from their own backyard they would be under much closer scrutiny, and shelters could stop sending them dogs because they see what happens to them.
I don’t know the best way to stop this massive importation of dogs from CA with behavior problems, but if nothing is done, one of these dogs will kill someone.
I should emphasize that not all groups that bring up dogs from CA are shady. Rescues like Seattle Humane and PUP dog rescues bring them up all the tibut these dogs are properly assessed and treated, and they usually find homes pretty quickly.
SDogSpot Author says
Could be. Tacoma Animal Control and Lakewood AC won’t release dogs to her anymore.
Lsmith says
I have acquired a dog from PURRR rescue. I won’t use the word adopt, because that does not describe the transaction that took place. Diana flipped the dog to me, no more than 72 hours after she got the dog. She wanted to charge me $350 for him. I knew where she got the dog from and how she came to posses him. I was finally able to get her down to $250. He came with no immunization records she did not have to fix him as he was already fixed. She wouldn’t even talk to me when I showed up at her tend to pay the $250 and rescue this dog from her. While I was there I sawseveral other dogs in cages priced anywhere from $350-$900. I also witnessed people walking up handing them cash donations, no receipts given, no documentation. This was in August 2013.
SDogSpot Author says
Thanks for telling us your story. Unfortunately, I’ve heard similar stories from other people. This is not how responsible rescues should work, in my opinion.
SoDone says
This is why I am abandoning social media and trying to “help” shelters and rescues place the dogs I love. I love Pit Bulls. I have “friends” on every side of this Diana issue. All of them have one thing in common that makes them impossible for me to trust.
I am dumping ALL dog rescue “friends” to return to the real world and warn them.
To tell them that the high kill shelter in San Bernardino is allowing anyone with a credit card to “order up” as many pit bulls as they can load into their car
SIGHT UNSEEN.
The dogs are sent to a butcher shop called “General Dog and Cat hospital” where they are neutered, or they are expected to be “pulled” before COB
But nobody checks these people out.
Nobody does anything at all to try to make sure the dog is going to a safe place
So if you want to make a lot of money and you don’t care what happens to these dogs, just drive out there and load up your truck with as many as you can carry, drive them out to the desert and shoot them in the head.
Don’t think that isn’t going on.
I started doing follow ups on our Pit Bulls who are said to be “safe” and I found out the horrible truth.
I don’t need to worry about slander suits or anything like that.
I need to worry about the fact that it’s not slowing down.
It’s speeding along like a run away train.
The lunatics in life can find one another on FB and sick minds think alike.
So we need to enact laws that protect the DOGS and the PUBLIC from people like Diana.
I want RULES at the high kill shelters that protect our PIT BULLS from IDIOTS
And according to the idiots
RULES KILL DOGS
Which means rules prevent slingers from getting dogs and trying to care for them on a “wing and a prayer”
Nobody is obsessed with Diana. Nobody is stalking her.
People are AFRAID FOR THE DOGS
You do NOT have to “go help her or shut up” as Lisa says here.
You have to REPORT THIS TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW
You have to make sure the citizens of that area understand that there are aggressive dogs being released into their community and that huge sums of cash are changing hands and criminals are everywhere taking the last dollar they can get from broken humans who thought they could heal their hearts by saving some dogs using FB
They guilt, shame and attack.
They try to make sure not ONE dog dies in their high kill shelter.
And those measures have led to the most evil and dangerous behavior I have ever seen in my LIFE
And I have seen plenty
I came into this game as the woman who wanted to run interference and keep the communication open between the warring sides.
The slingers vs the trolls.
Diana is a Slinger.
Lisa is a TROLL
Some people have nothing better to do than run their mouths all day long on FB OR WORSE
They go to the shelter and pose with the dogs and become “heroes” to people who just dont’ get it.
Your “Heroes” are bullies and haters.
There ARE good rescues out there.
Not one of them NEEDS FACEBOOK to survive.
They have a group of people who can help them raise funds and they go TO THE SHELTER to find the dogs they want to pull.
FB sharing of shelter pit bulls needs to be SHUT DOWN or the RULES NEED TO BE SO STRICT THAT IT TAKES AN ACT OF CONGRESS TO PULL A PIT
Because I am sick of the dogs I love dying long, horrible deaths at the hands of their “rescues”
Or ending up with people like Diana.
With LISA as their “Spokesperson” is it any wonder people want it shut down?
The disrespect and hatred is so jarring and alien to me, I had to ignore a whole lot just to try to save a few dogs.
I thought they got that way because they were tired of seeing bad rescues hurt good dogs
Now I know they ARE the bad rescues who hurt dogs.
And I can prove it but it won’t matter.
Because these people are SICK and they SPIN THINGS to prove their own points
They will NEVER STOP
You cannot reason with them.
You can show them proof all day long.
What you need to do if you are as scared as I am, is you need to tell people OUTSIDE OF THE SICKNESS
Don’t look to the rescue community for support
The rescue community is insane.
The few good rescues will support your efforts.
They feel the same way.
But speaking out is DEATH TO DONATIONS
Because let’s face it.
Few sane people spend much time trying to save doomed dogs.
They donate to their local rescues and they adopt not shop.
And they support laws that support altering of animals.
They are not cruel or uncaring they are realistic.
Social media is a TRAP
Take it to the STREETS
You have a good blog and a great stye or reporting.
You can email me for all of my records and experiences if you are ready to take this to the streets
I have an investigative reporter on it, he is laid up in chemo therapy and this is now the least of his worries
But prior to his getting sick, he felt this was the story of the century
all of the insanity and criminality and how it could easily end in the death of a child.
Would be nice to put a stop to it before an SBCS dog kills a child.
It’s coming.
Mark my word.
And maybe that is what it will take to get these idiots to slow down
But more likely than not, they will blame the victim and keep on “fighting for the dogs”
They don’t CARE about PEOPLE anymore.
And how insane is that?
ALIENATE ALL HUMANS WHO DISAGREE AND JUST DO IT YOURSELF?
I wish.
NO they trap new victims all day long.
Fresh meat.
And they grind up the people who figure it out.
They have a never ending supply of fresh meat.
They have to LOSE THE SOURCE OF INCOME AND INSANITY
They have to no longer be allowed to call dogs in like pizzas and store them like turnips.
THE COMMUNITY IS NOT GOING TO FIX THIS THEY ARE GOING TO FIGHT IT
So ignore their “feedback” and just keep proving your point
You are RIGHT about DIANA
And it’s FAR WORSE tHAN YOU MAY KNOW
SDogSpot Author says
Thanks so much for your thoughtful comments. The only thing I would add is that social media has improved the communication between responsible rescues and allowed them to work together to save more dogs. But as you said it allowed shady rescues to pop up everywhere and make “emergency” requests for money so they can pull dogs nothing and resell them at exorbitant prices while providing no training, behavior analysis, or medical care. As a result, these dogs are put in living situations that set them up for failure, and they end up being euthanized anyway. PURRR Rescue has adopted out multiple dogs that ended up euthanized killing pets or mauling kids.”Saving” dogs from euthanization in CA and transport them to WA where they are euthanized anyway is NOT rescue.
While shutting down puppy mills is important, I think the national groups like HSUS need to start looking into the factors that have allowed these smaller rescues to pop up everywhere while flying under the radar. They are adept at hiding from local animal controls that don’t have the time or money to shut them down.
I will be in touch soon.
Kelly says
A sincere true rescuer will SPAY and NEUTER the pets first and foremost to help with the mission of OVER POPULATION, hopefully complete a home check and charge a minimal recovery fee. A flipper is the IDIOT that allows pets to go out without being spayed or neutered therefore SABOTAGING the mission of being a rescue, does not conduct home checks and charge big fees usually cash only. They allow the pets to live in deplorable cruel conditions therefore they never truly helped “RESCUE” the pets except to just move the neglect from one
location to another. A true sincere rescue would not behave in
such a evil deceitful manner. She is an Animal Control Officers
worst nightmare and that is why their jobs exsist because of
people like her and all the other BACKYARD WANNABE
BREEDERS who contribute to pet over population and neglect.
Lastly, what sorry ass lawyer would defenda person like this? Obviously if you need LAWYER than you know you have some issues otherwise if all is well a lawyer would not need tobe retained. She sounds like a “lawsuit” seeker committing fraud.
So please continue to stay on this place “Robert” and all others and get her SHUT DOWN! The owner keeps asking what has anyone done to help? Thats by far not the issue but a mere diversion tactic. She puts a spin on everything to deflect and deny her actions or behavior. This is not a COMPASSIONATE pet rescuer. This is the true makings of an insecure, uneducated, non motivated and financially brokewho individual who lacks the desire or knowledge to ever be a TRUE, SINCERE, RESPECTED, REPUTABLE and MISSION ORIENTED RESCUER! She only knows how to sham tge system to pay her way in life and the pets SUFFER as a consequence of her actions!!!
Jen says
I have been following this story for years, as I have met several cats with upper respiratory adopted from PURRR. Diana is still active, was adopting pets from Tractor Supply in Spanaway. Someone recently posted a link to a gofundme type fundraiser
KD says
I know this is an old story, but I just found out she still has a rescue. We adopted a dog (not a pit) from her in 2012. He seemed super mellow at first, but it turned out he was sick with an ear infection, and once we had that treated, he was aggressive (and suffered from pica. He ate everything, including rocks.)
He had severe behavior problems, but we tried working with him for months. We finally brought him back to her (didn’t know her history then), and she screamed at us he was neglected and abused. (He was no such thing- he was the one attacking half my family.)
We later heard the volunteers never saw him again- by then we knew enough to guess she was probably keeping him at her home.
Seattle DogSpot says
I’m so sorry you went through this. I’ve posted records about people who had similar experiences.