Keep yer eyes peeled, animal lovin' RVers!Local Story that's been unfolding for the last month or so- owner of a shelter for dogs deemed too dangerous to be adopted out has been under scrutiny for what some call neglect of the dogs. Saturday, he suddenly loaded them all into a semi and took off for parts unknown.BackgrounderSaturday's storyToday's Update

Hooo boy - what a mess. Why do I suspect that somewhere there's a semi full of mostly-dead dogs.....

Deb and Ed M wrote:Hooo boy - what a mess. Why do I suspect that somewhere there's a semi full of mostly-dead dogs.....Or maybe the dogs have been set free. All along the route.At least I hope so.

Vulcaneer wrote:Deb and Ed M wrote:Hooo boy - what a mess. Why do I suspect that somewhere there's a semi full of mostly-dead dogs.....Or maybe the dogs have been set free. All along the route.At least I hope so.Oh boy vicious dogs set free.Merry Christmas to you

Given the condition those dogs are likely to be in.... they've only been getting fed two or three times a week, tops, for at least the past few months... crammed into crates they can't stand up in properly... I really doubt they're going to be much of a threat.This is what happens when local authorities simply refuse to do their jobs or allow others to do their jobs. And when people try to "save" dogs that honestly would have been better off put down.

The creepy thing for me is that no one's been inside that warehouse since the owner supposedly left with the dogs. Nobody witnessed him going...Call me overly suspicious, but I've been watching this unfold for a month now, and given some of the other inexplicable actions of the "shelter" owner, I can't help but wonder if at least some of the dogs aren't still in there.

124 Unadoptables in a Semi: Destination Unknown

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Francesca_Knowl
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Dec 27, 2013
AZPops wrote:

We're in AZ working, but the only info I'm getting is through this thread.

Pops

Wow- the Guardians of Rescue really IS flying under the radar...when do you think they might break the news to the actual folks that live wherever they've set up that they're there???

Sorta fries me that this New York based group has imported a bunch of folks from California and set up camp somewhere in between without so much as a by-your-leave from the locals. All for the purpose of dispersing a bunch of dogs from Forks, Washington...which town was 100% in support of their presence right up until they vanished in the middle of the night!

Quite a public relations stunt- and remarkably effective, if activity on the GOR Facebook and fundraising pages are any indication. ;)

O.K., Pops- yer on the scene with yer pups, and I'm thinkin' their sniffers can sniff out the location of their new neighbors!

Our only clue so far is that the GOR Facebook page sez that they're buying stuff from Lowes. Now, the only Lowes I see along the Arizona/Nevada border are all in the Las Vegas area- nothin' on the Arizona side. I'm betting that those dogs are inside Lowe's typical 25 mile delivery radius of one of those stores....which side of the State line unknown.

Let us know if Team Pops comes up with anything...:@
AZPops
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Dec 27, 2013
dspencer wrote:
AZPops wrote:
Awh heck, on second thought, nevur mind!

Anonymous Jr.

Oh go ahead Anonymous and say what you want to say! :B
Pops will never know.
AZPops
Explorer
Dec 27, 2013
Francesca Knowles wrote:
AZPops wrote:
Awh heck, on second thought, nevur mind!

Anonymous Jr.

Hey, "Anonymous"! You in Arizona right now?

If so:

What's the local scuttlebutt per this story, or is anybody down there even aware that Az might be "Guardians of Rescue Central" right now?

They're sure hypein' this secret location thing on their Facebook page...which page is of course complete with a handy-dandy direct link to the make-a-donation page.

We're in AZ working, but the only info I'm getting is through this thread.

Pops
Francesca_Knowl
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Dec 26, 2013
AZPops wrote:
Awh heck, on second thought, nevur mind!

Anonymous Jr.

Hey, "Anonymous"! You in Arizona right now?

If so:

What's the local scuttlebutt per this story, or is anybody down there even aware that Az might be "Guardians of Rescue Central" right now?

They're sure hypein' this secret location thing on their Facebook page...which page is of course complete with a handy-dandy direct link to the make-a-donation page.
dspencer
Explorer
Dec 26, 2013
AZPops wrote:
Awh heck, on second thought, nevur mind!

Anonymous Jr.

Oh go ahead Anonymous and say what you want to say! :B
Pops will never know.
AZPops
Explorer
Dec 26, 2013
Awh heck, on second thought, nevur mind!

Anonymous Jr.
Code2High
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Dec 25, 2013
They are saying there are actually 124 live dogs, which if it is true, is vastly better news than I'd have expected.

He won't have such an easy time the second time around. I'm sure there are still people who are crazy enough to support what he's doing, but a very large portion of the rescue community is aware of this situation. Unless he can totally conceal who is behind the operation, he'll have a much harder time getting donations going forward.
Francesca_Knowl
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Dec 25, 2013
n7bsn wrote:
Francesca Knowles wrote:

Local scuttlebutt is also heavily weighted towards his being holed up somewhere closer to home here on the Olympic Peninsula. Rumors fly, of course, and they now include speculation that Markwell has friends on one of the local reservations, where the dogs would be out of anyone's reach. But I'm havin' a hard time believing that the Tribe would want to get involved in such a mess...

Eh? Do you actually know anyone in Forks? Do you actually know anyone that knows him?

Somehow I think not.

Word I had from friends there was that what he said he was doing, he was doing, and since the dogs have arrived where he said he was taking them.....

Why, yes, I spend a lot of time on that side of the Peninsula and do know people in Forks. And frankly, I think you're blowin' smoke about what you say you heard from "friends there"....

But no matter...looks like the Perp has achieved his objective, that being:

To dispose of the dogs in as public a way as possible, while still retaining his right to restart in what has proven to be a very lucrative business. Why else would he have rejected the offer from a more-local group that contained a proviso that he refrain from opening another "shelter" like this one?

So much more dramatic/publicity/donations-getting than just turning them over to respectable folks prepared to care for them properly...
n7bsn
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Dec 25, 2013
Francesca Knowles wrote:

Local scuttlebutt is also heavily weighted towards his being holed up somewhere closer to home here on the Olympic Peninsula. Rumors fly, of course, and they now include speculation that Markwell has friends on one of the local reservations, where the dogs would be out of anyone's reach. But I'm havin' a hard time believing that the Tribe would want to get involved in such a mess...

Eh? Do you actually know anyone in Forks? Do you actually know anyone that knows him?

Somehow I think not.

Word I had from friends there was that what he said he was doing, he was doing, and since the dogs have arrived where he said he was taking them.....
n7bsn
Explorer
Dec 25, 2013
They arrived Wed

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