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Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Eric L Sakach Passes Away at 71 in Sacramento, California by Mary Cummins

Sad to hear about the passing of Eric Lane Sakach this morning in California. He was a Senior Law Enforcement Specialist at The Humane Society of the United States now called Humane World for Animals who retired in 2020. Sakach served as an investigator from 1976 to 1995, and as director of the HSUS West Coast Regional Office from 1995 to 2008. He attended University of Nevada Reno and John Hopkins University. He is predeceased by his parents, Joseph G Sakach, Elizabeth Lane Shay, survived by his brother Gary, wife Kathleen Stanley, children Jenny Wilson, Jacque Jensen Dawson, three grandchildren and a great grandchild. RIP. 12/24/1953 -11/18/2025.

I first met him 15 years ago at a cockfighting raid in California. I was on the HSUS NDART team with him. Photos from the cockfighting raid 15 years ago. Article here https://animaladvocatesmarycummins.blogspot.com/2010/05/mary-cummins-humane-society-of-us.html

UPDATE: Merritt Clifton decided to write a negative article about Eric Sakach immediately after he passed away. He writes a few nice paragraphs about his animal loving family and history thinking that makes up for the negative things he later states. He basically blames Eric for the proliferation of dog fighting and human death because he or actually HSUS was against breed specific legislation against pitbulls. Too soon, Merritt, too soon. Eric also wasn't the head of HSUS and didn't make the position statements. He didn't always agree with HSUS. He just didn't publicly say that on the record as an employee of HSUS. https://www.animals24-7.org/2025/11/22/eric-sakach-71-busted-dogfights-cockfights-but-unleashed-pit-bull-horror/

I spoke to Eric about animal issues. When he worked for HSUS he stated the organization's position on animal issues even though it wasn't always his own opinion or belief. We spoke about wildlife issues. His own opinion didn't match or align perfectly with HSUS at that time. When he spoke publicly he stated and towed the company line. He told me that specifically because I disagreed with HSUS's wildlife position at the time on a couple of issues. He actually agreed with my research backed position which was at complete odds with HSUS.

One big thing to consider is HSUS was run by Wayne Pacelle at that time. Wayne was best buds with Gary Michelson. Gary pumped tons of money to fight breed specific legislation against pitbulls. Gary paid for lobbyists, a white paper, donated to pro pit organizations, lawyers and actively fought against anti pitbull organizations and laws. Gary did this just because he bought and owned a couple of nice pure bred pits. I know this because someone lied and told him I was behind the main anti pitbull website which records human deaths by pits. I proved it wasn't me but he still came after me through one of his wife's friends. Gary donated to HSUS. Of course they will be pro pitbull and of course Eric will state the company line when asked on the record. Many HSUS donors are pro pitbull so they will be pro pitbull and make all their employees state the same. Merritt should be attacking HSUS, Humane World for Animals instead of a dead man.

I made a comment on Merritt's article which he didn't approve or post. I basically stated what I stated above. Bad enough Merritt bad mouths a dead guy. Then he won't even allow a comment which states that Eric's opinion was different than HSUS's position statement. Blaming a dead guy for the position statement of his employer a large corporation is just plain stupid. In light of his recent death also cruel and insensitive. Merritt should be writing the nasty article about HSUS, Humane World for Animals instead. He would not have dared said that to Eric's face.

This was right after the cockfighting raid on Facebook.

Mary Cummins of Animal Advocates is a wildlife rehabilitator licensed by the California Department of Fish and Game and the USDA. Mary Cummins is also a licensed real estate appraiser in Los Angeles, California.

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Mary Cummins of Cummins Real Estate Services has been in real estate since 1983, over 35 years. She is licensed by the Bureau of Real Estate Appraisers. Mary Cummins was an agent and broker licensed with the California Department of Real Estate selling residential income, commercial buildings, raw land and homes for Merrill Lynch Realty in Beverly Hills and Westside Properties in Los Angeles before concentrating on appraisals. Mary Cummins currently provides real estate appraisals, expert witness testimony, historical research, legal real estate research for mortgage brokers, banks, lawyers, factors, insurance companies, financial consultants and private individuals. Mary Cummins was born and raised in Southern California. Cummins attended Beverly Hills Good Shepherd Catholic School and Beverly Hills High School. Besides being on the Dean's list, Mary Cummins was a top ten national swimmer and competed on the men's water polo team. Mary Cummins began college at the age of 15 attending the University of Southern California on scholarship, majoring in Psychology/Sociology. http://www.animaladvocates.us http://www.facebook.com/AnimalAdvocatesUSA

Friday, October 31, 2025

Mary Cummins Helps Project Street Vet, PATH Help Homeless Animals in Hollywood, California

I was at the Hollywood Studio Club with Project Street Vet and People Assisting the Homeless - PATH helping to treat homeless pets. We gave exams, vaccinations, meds and referrals for spay neuter. Project Street Vet Animal Advocates #projectstreetvet #AnimalAdvocates #marycummins #losangeles #california #cats #dogs

I was at the Hollywood Studio Club with Project Street Vet and People Assisting the Homeless - PATH helping to treat pets. We gave exams, vaccinations, meds and referrals for spay neuter. I asked the people if I could take their photos. The mission was to provide support to pets and their owners experiencing or at risk of homelessness.

Hollywood Studio Club is a YMCA and women's shelter at1215 Lodi Place, Los Angeles, CA 90038. It used to house female actors in the 1920's to 1960's. It's a historical building. Very cool to finally visit.

Project Street Vet Animal Advocates #projectstreetvet #AnimalAdvocates #marycummins #losangeles #california #cats #dogs

Mary Cummins

Thursday, October 9, 2025

Gavin Newsom Signs Anti Declaw Bill AB 867 in California Making Cat Declaw Illegal by Animal Advocates, Mary Cummins

Governor Gavin Newsom just signed California bill AB 867 banning cat declaw aka onychectomy. California is now the third U.S. state to do so after New York and Maryland. The law only permits veterinarians to perform declawing when medically necessary to address an issue with the claws, nail bed, or toe bone that compromises the cat's health. This action is part of a growing trend, with over a dozen U.S. cities and many other countries also prohibiting declawing due to concerns about its harm and the availability of humane alternatives.

I've known the main proponent of the bill veterinarian Dr Jennifer Conrad for 25 years. She's been the veterinarian for Animal Advocates for many years. I met her at a Los Angeles Animal Services Commission meeting in 2000. She was speaking about banning cat declaw at the meeting. She has worked extremely hard over the many years to get cat declaw banned. First she got domestic cat declaw banned in West Hollywood in 2003. Then she got big cat declaw banned in California in 2004. Then she got big cat declaw banned for all animals under a USDA license in the US in 2006. She got cat declaw banned in other cities and states. She made it illegal for landlords to mandate that tenants' cats be declawed in 2012.

During all of this time Jenny Conrad faced huge obstacles from the veterinary industry who makes money off cat declaw. She had paid lobbyists such as Ed Boks, Edward Boks fighting her proposed declaw bans. Edward Boks was paid to go to city council meetings to promote cat declaw. Ed Boks even made a website with lots of articles he wrote promoting the benefits of declaw and minimizing all the huge drawbacks. I bet he will now come out and say he was always against cat declaw. I saved his old website and articles if anyone needs them. His user name is listed as the author of the blog and articles. He took money to promote cruelty to animals.

There were others who fought against Jenny such as Dave Weisman, AVMA, CVMA. Some had personal agendas and others just wanted to keep making millions by inhumanely amputating cats' claws causing them life long suffering. I'm so thankful that good won out over evil. It only took over 25 years of very hard stressful work by a team of animal advocates.

Author Assemblymember Alex Lee, Coauthor Senator Weiner

Link to bill https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB867/id/3186763

Mary Cummins

Thursday, October 2, 2025

LA City Releases Approved Budget. LA Animal Services Budget Cut a Little by Animal Advocates, Mary Cummins

LA City approved budget was just released. Spending for LA Animal Services is down a little. The main expenses cut are salaries and contractual services. The Mayor stated that animal related jobs and expenses were not cut. Below are the three pages of the LA Animal Services budget. #lacity #budget #losangeles #laanimalservices #AnimalAdvocates #marycummins

Pages 59-61 here https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/lacontroller-2b7de.appspot.com/o/2025-26%20Adopted%20Budget_Electronic.pdf?alt=media&token=b0146038-7d18-4ee9-a05c-7107f6ba7144

Mary Cummins

Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Dr Jane Goodall Passes Away at 91 in Los Angeles, California - Animal Advocates, Mary Cummins

Dr. Jane Goodall peacefully passed away at 91 in her sleep at Los Angeles, California. She personally helped our organization. She was fond of skunks and our skunk rescues. She was supposed to speak at UCLA October 3. She was going to speak in Pasadena at a tree planting today but never made it. She previously stated this about dying. “My next great adventure, aged 90, is going to be dying. There’s either nothing or something. If there’s nothing there’s nothing, that’s it. If there’s something I can’t think of a greater adventure than finding out what it is. I happen to think there is something because of the experiences I’ve had, because of experiences other people have had. Very powerful ones.” #drjanegoodall #JaneGoodall #AnimalAdvocates #animalrescue

Mary Cummins

Monday, July 28, 2025

Wallis Annenberg of Annenberg Foundation Has Passed Away by Mary Cummins Animal Advocates

Gregory, Lauren, Wallis, Charles left to right.

Our condolences go out to the family and loved ones of Wallis Annenberg. Annenberg was a major philanthropist in Los Angeles, California. She was a huge animal lover and supporter. She was a major donor for the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing, Wallis Annenberg PetSpace, Annenberg Foundation and the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. She is survived by her four children, Lauren Bon, Roger Weingarten, Gregory Weingarten, Charles Weingarten and five grandchildren, Dorian, Maya. 1939-2025 #wallisannenberg #wallisannenbergwildlifecrossing #marycummins #AnimalAdvocates

Mary Cummins

Saturday, July 26, 2025

Greenland Wildlife Overpass vs Annenberg Wildlife Crossing. Which is bigger? Mary Cummins Animal Advocates

Greenland Wildlife Overpass

Annenberg Wildlife Crossing

I just heard that the Greenland Wildlife Overpass will be the largest wildlife crossing in the world. They broke ground January 2025 and expect to finish December 2025. The overpass will go over six lanes of the I-25 in Colorado. The cost is $15,000,000. I was wondering how that compares to the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing. Here are the numbers below.

Greenland Wildlife Overpass
Size: 209' x 200' wide, 41,800 sf area, six lanes
Cost: $15M
Location: I-25, Monument, Douglas, Colorado
Time to build: one year

https://www.codot.gov/projects/i25greenlandwildlifeoverpass

Annenberg Wildlife Crossing

Size: 210' x 165' 34,650 sf area, ten lanes
Cost: $90M
Location: 101 fwy in Agoura Hills, Los Angeles, California
Time to build: April 2022 ground breaking, expected completion June 2026, four years

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallis_Annenberg_Wildlife_Crossing

Colorado crossing is larger, costs less and will be built more quickly. There are of course some major differences. The Colorado one is on flat ground and only goes over one freeway. Annenberg crossing is on sloped hilly ground and goes over one freeway and a two lane street. Things cost a lot more in Los Angeles, California especially construction, materials and labor. I've been a real estate appraiser, broker over 42 years and appraise construction projects. We also have seismic, soils issues and requirements besides CEQA and other regulations. I don't know if they are including the cost of buying the land. California crossing had to purchase some land for access. It wasn't all county land.

Nice to see other states building wildlife crossings. I'm sure the cost of the crossings will go down with the sharing of plans, research and technology.

Mary Cummins

IWRC Works with Research Commons by Mary Cummins Animal Advocates

The International Wildlife Rehabilitation Council IWRC is now working with the Research Commons. This is a great idea. Wildlife rehabilitators are on the front lines of wildlife issues. We are the first to see the results of oil spills, mass die offs and the spread of new diseases. I remember when we first got West Nile Virus in squirrels around 2002 or 2003. It happened around the same time it affected crows here in Los Angeles, California. Would have been great to be able to share our findings, necropsies with researchers to better understand the disease and the threat it posed to humans and other animals.

"The IWRC is so happy to announce a new member benefit - the Research Commons! Wildlife Rehabilitation facilities represent a vastly underutilized resource for wildlife health research and monitoring. Wildlife rehabilitators stand at the intersection between public health and wildlife health; with access to hundreds of thousands of living and dead wild animals annually around the world, as well as a direct line of communication with invested stakeholders in their communities through volunteer programs, wildlife education and conservation efforts, and compelling media stories.

Despite a growing recognition by both wildlife rehabilitators and researchers that there is a great need for partnership and a wealth of data to be mined, the road to collaboration can sometimes be unnecessarily bumpy. To help with that, the Research Commons offer a shared space to put out the call for collaborators from both sides of the equation - researchers who are looking for partners and access to data or samples, and rehabilitators who are facing emerging issues and need help investigating. Add your project today!"

Link to the Research Commons via IWRC
https://theiwrc.org/?page_id=238&awpcp_category_id=568%2Fresearch-commons

Mary Cummins

Monday, July 21, 2025

Annenberg Foundation Gave FireAid Money as Promised by Mary Cummins, Animal Advocates

Recently a few people falsely stated that the Annenberg Foundation was not giving FireAid money to the January wildfire victims. That is absolutely false. Annenberg Foundation, FireAid distributed $75,000,000 so far to wildfire victim support. The first $50,000,000 was in February 2025 right after the concert. Then they gave out $25,000,000 more in June. The third round of funds is upcoming. From the FireAid website,

"The first round of grants, distributed in February, provided $50 million in immediate relief to more than 120 nonprofit organizations, reaching over 150,000 Angelenos. These grants supported families, displaced homeowners, foster youth, seniors, small business owners, first responders, artists, and others with emergency housing, food assistance, trauma counseling, direct financial relief, childcare, and animal welfare services."

The next $25,000,000 grant money was handed out in June 2025. "The Round Two grants are divided into four categories: Continued Relief for Wildfire Victims and Communities ($5,950,000), Wildfire Recovery ($16,975,000), Critical Information for Fire Victims ($700,000), Symbols of Hope ($500,000), and an another $1,000,000 to fund a FireAid project with the LA County Fire Department and the Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation to provide a much needed special firefighting vehicle for Altadena and an additional wildfire preparedness vehicle for the Palisades, in advance of the upcoming fire season." Press release https://www.fireaidla.org/press-releases/fireaid-announces-additional-25-million-in-grants There will be a third round of grants by the end of the year.

Another very important point is the promised recipients of the money. Wildfire victims are receiving the money through nonprofit organizations. That is what was promised since the very beginning. See the press release linked above which lists all recipients and dollar amounts. Checks were given to the wildfire victims from the nonprofits besides services and products. People should read the FireAid and Annenberg websites before attacking them. It's easier to have nonprofits vet the wildfire recipients and give them the money. FireAid, Annenberg would have had to hire, train and pay people to run the programs to give out the money. Makes more sense to have experienced local targeted nonprofits do it so more money goes to the victims.

Next people said that people were keeping part of the funds. Another lie. "Each grant is distributed by FireAid’s DAF with 100% of the money raised from the FireAid benefit concert going directly to fire relief for impacted communities and wildfire victims." This means the philanthropists are spending their own money to administer the grants, funds and programs. There were also sponsors who donated the arena and many other services for free. None of the musicians were paid a penny either. There probably were some costs and fees involved putting on such a huge event.

They also falsely stated that the family foundation the Annenberg Foundation is run out of Pennsylvania. The founder and board members live, lived right here in Los Angeles, California. This includes Wallis Annenberg, Lauren Bon and her other children. Most of the main programs are here in Los Angeles such as the Annenberg Wildlife Crossing, Annenberg GenSpace, Metabolic Studios, PledgeLA, Annenberg Lerner, Annenberg Petspace, Annenberg Center for Performing Arts, Annenberg USC College of Communication to name but a few. In 1989 they had over a billion in assets. They are not a small foundation as cited in the false media articles. The FireAid DAF are also in Los Angeles. "The FireAid Grants Advisory Committee, composed of longtime LA-region philanthropic leaders with deep relationships in the non-profit community, have been working to identify key areas of need, for maximum impact."

Lastly they stated that some of the CEOs, GMs, Directors of the nonprofits make $100,000 a year in salary so only a tiny amount goes to wildfire victims. That's the going rate to run a small to average sized nonprofit. Do you expect employees of an organization to work for free? I doubt the people asking for the donations work for free. I also believe that some of them already received FireAid, Annenberg funds via the many nonprofits who handed out checks, gift cards and free services and products. They just didn't realize where the money came from. I saw people handing out the gift cards. I also didn't realize that money came from FireAid and Annenberg. The grants aren't going to pay the CEO's salaries. They're going to the wildfire victims.

This happens after every natural disaster. We have a natural disaster such as the Maui Fires, Eaton Fires, Palisades fires. Everyone offers to have a event and do fundraising to raise funds for the victims. A large nonprofit and well known respected philanthropists offer to help. They raise a lot of money and give it all to support the cause. Then a few mean people start shitting on them while asking for money and not getting an instant check. Nobody bothers to do any research and they start trashing the philanthropists. Media picks up the rants because it causes a controversy which gives them more traffic to make money off ads. It's absolutely shameful to attack the people who are out there actually helping.

*We received no funds from the disaster fund or FireAid donations even though our organization was in the fire zones rescuing animals and fostering the pets of wildfire victims, see previous posts. We didn't get anything and we didn't even ask for anything. We helped animals because that is our mission and what we do.

Mary Cummins

Sunday, July 20, 2025

Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing Should be Finished by 2026 by Mary Cummins, Animal Advocates

Visited the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing today. It should be finished by 2026. It may be the largest wildlife crossing. #wallisannenbergwildlifecrossing #annenbergwildlifecrossing #marycummins #animaladvocates #losangeles #california

Mary Cummins

Saturday, July 12, 2025

Audit of Los Angeles Animal Services by Mary Cummins of Animal Advocates

December 4, 2024 LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia ordered an independent audit of Los Angeles Animal Services. Mejia ordered the audit because of increasing intake and euthanasia rates at Los Angeles city animal shelters noted by outside animal rescue organization Best Friends. Mejia stated "Our audit aims to give L.A. Animal Services, the public, and policymakers a detailed understanding of LAAS' struggle to provide adequate care, and the audit will identify ways the system can be improved, both at current funding levels and with additional funding."

A part of that audit included a Request for Proposals (RFP) titled “Evaluation of LA City Animal Shelters and Care” by an independent consultant. The proposal may have been about to be awarded to past LA Animal Services Chief veterinarian Dr Dena Mangiamele. Mangiamele was allegedly notified by the City Controller that the contract was cancelled due to conflict of interest. I tried to confirm with the City Controller and Dena Mangiamele but neither returned my email. As far as I know the City Controller is still doing an audit. Maybe they just chose a different consultant or no consultant to save funds.

In light of all of this I decided to do my own quick audit. I was asked to be a commissioner for LA Animal Services around 2006. I was on the Prop F Committee around 2006. I used to attend all the meetings and publicly post my minutes before they started audio recordings. I've been following the Department closely since 2000 and have written a few mini audits and articles if you search this blog. I link two mini audits I did below from 2015 and another in 2011. I probably did a few much earlier.

I took a look at the Department animal statistics since 2017. I'm sure I have stats from 1990's if not earlier in my records. Intake and euthanasia rates had been going down while spay neuter was going up since the 1970's. Below is a summary of the statistics.

Intake was going down, live save was going up then Covid hit March 2020 with lockdown. Some probably relinquished animals early in the pandemic as they couldn't afford to keep them without working. Later 2020, 2021 fewer animals came in and more were adopted during Covid as people had more time for pets. Number of spay neuters went down because of Covid lockdown so population increased. After Covid lockdown people went back to work and dumped adopted animals and fosters. Intake went up as did euth rate. Intake is still below 2017 to 2019 levels. Euth is back up above 2017 levels. During this time the Dept budget increased until 2025 when it decreased because of LA City budget issues. A good thing is live save rate is about stable to a little less which is amazing considering increase in intake. Another good thing is spay neuter is now back up to pre Covid levels. (See statistics below with links)

The biggest complaint today is overcrowding in the shelter. The shelter is actually limiting animal intake by refusing some animals. The shelter is overcrowded because the only other immediate alternative is euthanasia. It's damned if you do, damned if you don't. If the Dept euthanizes, people will complain even louder about the euth rate. If they don't, they'll complain about over crowding. Pick your poison.

Another issue to consider is the addition of the new larger shelters starting in 2006. I was on the Prop F Committee to build the new shelters. I asked how the Department will pay for more employees to take care of a larger shelter which can house more animals. I was told Prop F funds can only be used to build the shelters and not staff or support them. This has caused some field employees to spend more time in the shelter. The animal per employee ratio is also higher than previously.

A recent issue is the economy. Tariffs, rising interest rates, rising rents, uncertain economy have caused people to tighten their budgets. If we go into a recession, it'll get even worse as this generally leads to more animals being dumped and fewer adopted. Another issue is immigrants being deported or self deporting. It costs $350 for a vet visit and airline certificate besides $200 to fly pets back home. Many can't afford it and are leaving pets behind.

What is the solution to this problem? The Department has been increasing spay neuter post Covid above pre Covid rates. It will take time to get the intake back down. Things will be more difficult now that the budget has been cut 4% compared to 2024. The shelter is working with many different rescue groups with spay neuter, adoptions, foster, grants... Our organization Animal Advocates has worked with the shelter since 2000 so we know all their programs.

Sadly we are seeing more pleas from the shelters begging us to take animals within the last two months. End of July and August historically is generally the time they have to euthanize animals for space. It's post puppy, kitten season and people dump animals to go on vacation. The shelter has no other options. If anyone would like to help, adopt an animal. Tell people to adopt instead of buying one. Support a rescue group that takes animals from the shelters. Help people so they don't have to dump their animal. This is not the shelter's problem. They are just the dumping ground. It's everyone's problem. Attacking the Department only makes the problem worse. Please, be part of the solution instead and try to help.

STATISTICS

https://www.laanimalservices.com/woof-report

YEAR, cat/dog intake, save rate, euth, spayneuter partners shelter animals only*

Dec 2024, 39763 84% 5588 18405

Dec 2023, 38606 86% 4731 15772

Dec 2022, 35653 88% 3580 (missing 2022 stats and not all included in 2023 stats)

Dec 2021, 28683 89% 2741 11184

Dec 2020, 30977 90% 2019 11114 March 2020 Covid lockdown

Dec 2019, 46825 88% 4886 (missing)

Dec 2018, 44392 -89% 3960 17225

Dec 2017, 44794 86% 5382 (missing)

I found some older intake rates from a past article I wrote in 2015. https://animaladvocatesmarycummins.blogspot.com/2015/06/some-animal-activists-are-protesting.html

2014/15 44,734 -9% from previous year at this rate

2013/14 50,239 -8% from previous year
2012/13 54,825

Older euthanasia numbers. We're doing so much better today.

2014/2015 11,579 at this rate -9% from previous year, 23% euth rate
2013/2014 12,683 -25% from previous year, 25% euth rate
2012/2013 17,069 -21% from previous year, 31% euth rate
2011/2012 21,620 37% euth rate (euth/intake)

Here's an article I wrote in 2011 about the statistics.
https://animaladvocatesmarycummins.blogspot.com/2011/02/brenda-barnette-first-six-months-by.html

This old stat page is still up in the web archive. https://web.archive.org/web/20170427194024/www.sheltertrak.com/stat_laas002.php

Chart. I should have started the graph at zero intake so the dip wouldn't look so drastic.

*There were more spays from other programs but this is the one program that existed during all the time periods so I could use it for comparison

BUDGET

https://openbudget.lacity.org/#!/year/2023/operating/0/department_name/Animal+Services/0/program_name?vis=barChart

2025 30.31 million

2024 31.70

2023 26.94

2022 25.73

2021 23.21

2020 27.16

2019 24.91

2018 23.51

2017 23.98

2016 23.06

Mary Cummins

Sunday, June 15, 2025

5th Annual Bat Roost Count with National History Museum LA County by Mary Cummins Animal Advocates

5th annual bat roost count with Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. There were 28 volunteers in South El Monte counting bats under the 60 freeway bridge over the LA River. Bats in my area started coming out at 8:08 pm. I counted 15 out and 74 in. Mexican free-tail and Yuma myotis bats. Beautiful night! #marycummins Mary Cummins #bats #mexicanfreetailbats #yumamyotis #crevicebats #losangeles #california #animaladvocates #batrescue #wildliferescue Animal Advocates