Any Fool Can

It's just amazing how anyone off the street can start a non-profit corporation. Just fill out a few forms, pony up a few bucks to the Corporation Section of the Office of the Secretary of State of Texas, and viola! you have started a new non-profit corporation.

Case in point, the former sanctuary female director filed a Certificate of Formations, Non-profit Corporation dated November 5, 2009 with the Corporation Section. The entity being formed is called "Animal Shelter Assistance Program Inc."

The new corporation's mission:

To assist nonprofit domestic animal shelters and wild and exotic animal sanctuaries in need by providing animal feed, building materials and other animal related that may be needed;

To assist nonprofit domestic animal shelters and wild and exotic animal sanctuaries in times of crisis by providing emergency funds;

To assist nonprofit domestic animal shelters that are overcrowded or those affected by natural disasters by offering temporary housing for domestic animals in order to avoid the euthanasia of health adoptable animals.

Yikes! The last mission statement scares me the most in light of what happened to hundreds of hurricane "victims of the storm" cats obtained by the former director. The cats only represented as a quick buck for this woman -- she did not care one whit what happened to the hurricane cats, as evidenced by the way she dumped several dozen cats to fend for themselves at the second property and sent the rest packing to other animal shelters throughout Texas. But it didn't stop her from raking in the bucks via newsletters after the majority the animals were gone!

What is even more strange, I found the two assumed name certificates on file with the County - Animal Shelter Assistance Program and Auction for Animals dated October 29, 2009. This led me to check Godaddy.com to see if the former director claimed any web address! I struck gold when I found two websites owned by the former director.

When I checked out both sites, I was stunned to see a picture of Sabastian, a lion living at the tour facility. I also saw a picture of a primate living at the non-touring facility! Can you believe it? The pictures were seen on both web sites. The former director was poaching pictures from her former "employer" to use for her personal gain!! Gee what a shock...

Needless to say, I notified the sanctuary and the sanctuary director apparently contacted the former director's current web host, for the pictures were taken down, but this comment was placed on the screen instead:

"Now we have proof of who is hacking who's email account.
Proper authorities will be notified."

Needless to say, the proper authorities were notified of the new non-profit corporation--but the complaint was not made by the former director!!

Today, both web sites have this simple statement: Animal Shelter Assistance Program.

I wonder why the former director registered only one name -- I guess the Auction for Animals site will be the business she operates under the table--much like the other little dba's she ran under the table, like Cat Haven, Chimp Aid, oh, and my favorite, "Feral Cat Rehabilitation Center!"

Meanwhile, the former directors continue to besieged the local magazine article's comment section with extremely negative comments made against the current sanctuary director. She is their own daughter and they are trashing her on the Internet. It's disgusting:

On 1/23/2010 6:07:34 PM, Anonymous said:How nieve it is to think that people are stupid enough to believe that with all of these accusations of animal cruelty, misuse of funds that not one government agency, including the Attorney Generals Office (who has supposedly been investigating [sanctuary] for several years now) has not filed any charges against anyone or has not closed the place down. I believe [current director] has a personal axe to grind with her family and I believe she is using the animals and the [sanctuary] to do so. Time will tell. I also would have thought that for someone that claims to be "transparent" [current director] sure wasnt when it came to her criminal background. I wonder if the Board of Directors was made aware of it when she accepted the position of CEO.

On 1/26/2010 7:55:24 AM, Anonymous said:I wonder if the board even cares about anything anymore. They certainly didnt care about their people when it really came down to it. I'm more likely to believe that this corruption goes further than [current director]. But hey, you know what they say, You lay down with dogs...you rise up with fleas.

On 1/26/2010 7:59:33 AM, Anonymous said:How can "someone" say good job but then say to everyone else that they didnt work very hard? How's the clinic these days? Still non operational? Didnt someone say that the cats were in there? lies lies lies. But who cares about people right?

On 1/26/2010 9:20:10 PM, Anonymous said:I would like to know if the board was aware of her criminal background. If they were aware and still thought her the best candidate, then that certainly says a lot about the board.

In regards to the "criminal background," the media, the board, and I know all about her past history. There is no comparison between the former female director's conviction of DWI/hot check writing and the current director's (1) misdemeanor deferred adjudication record. The former director is a hypocrite hell bent on destroying the animals by using her daughter's record as her weapon of choice. Instead of accepting responsibility for their actions, the former husband and wife director-team are pointing bony fingers at the animals, the current director and the board of directors. What a pathetic group of "ex" employees they make -- I'd say to them "get a job; get a life" but then, who would hire people with questionable work ethics?

The former directors may have fooled the public once, but something tells me they will not be allowed to fool the public twice!