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Saturday, April 13, 2024

Animal Advocates Supports AB 2552 to Amend Food Agriculture Code inre Pesticides, Mary Cummins

Support Letter to Waters, Parks & Wildlife Committee

I'm Mary Cummins President of Animal Advocates. I almost died from accidental exposure to anti-coagulant bait in 2003 in San Buenaventura, California during a California Department of Fish & Wildlife cleanup. I strongly support (AB 2552) to amend the Food and Agricultural Code relating to pesticides. It will better protect California wildlife and communities against harmful rodenticides.

Mountain lion P22 died from anticoagulant-related nephropathy which resulted in bleeding in the kidneys which causes kidney failure. Anticoagulant exposure was also the cause of P22's mite infestation. This poison directly and indirectly killed P22. (Necropsy report, findings) https://animaladvocatesmarycummins.blogspot.com/2023/06/op-ed-mountain-lion-p-22-killed-by.html

Anticoagulant rodenticides are poisoning California wildlife and have been documented in at least 38 nontarget species including the critically endangered San Joaquin kit fox and California condor. The problem is so severe that over 70% of wildlife tested in California are exposed to rodenticides. National Park Service researchers have documented the presence of anticoagulant rodenticides in 39 out of 40 mountain lions tested in the Santa Monica Mountains, which are already threatened with local extinction from habitat fragmentation and lack of wildlife connectivity. In September 2022, the four unborn kittens of a pregnant mountain lion named P-54 also tested positive for anticoagulant rodenticides.

AB 2552 is desperately needed to limit the dangerous second generation anticoagulant rodenticides and strengthen future restrictions on anticoagulant rodenticides, including the first generation anticoagulant diphacinone, to better protect wildlife, children, and pets.

Mary Cummins

President

Animal Advocates

Wildlife Rescue, Rehabilitation, Education

http://www.facebook.com/AnimalAdvocatesUSA

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Please contact members of the Water, Parks, and Wildlife Committee to support AB 2552, with the following options:

Call any member and briefly state your support for AB 2552.
If you are in a committee member’s district, click the “Contact Assembly Member” link to fill out the form and state your support for the bill.
Create an online account, then submit a brief letter stating your support for the bill.

NB: The state has discontinued allowing citizens to call in during committee hearings to support a bill.

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

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, March 15, 2024

Animal Tracks Wildlife Sanctuary Provides Wildlife, Exotic Animal Education, Exhibit in Los Angeles, California

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Animal Tracks Inc in Aqua Dulce, Los Angeles, California provides wildlife, exotic and domestic animal education and exhibit. They offer private and group tours at their facility. They are a 501 3c nonprofit organization that's licensed with USDA and Fish & Wildlife.

The Executive Director is Stacy Gunderson. "Stacy grew up in Simi Valley, California and has always been inspired by the Primatologist, Jane Goodall. She attended The Exotic Animal Training & Management Program (EATM) at Moorpark College and graduated in 1989. Stacy went right to work as a movie animal trainer and had the amazing opportunity to travel the world making movies with the animals she loved. In 2008, Stacy was given the opportunity to take over as Director of Animal Tracks, a 501(c)3 Nonprofit near and dear to her heart, as it had been started in 2002 by a friend. Stacy is the mother of two children, now young adults, but Animal Tracks became a third child, a true labor of love that she helped grow and nurture into the successful facility it is now. She is still excited to go to work every single day. Her main hope is that people will realize that animals that need to be in captivity can live a quality, happy life. They can share their beauty and inspire humans to take care of this planet and all that reside on it. Animal Tracks is woven into the fabric of her family’s lives, and Stacy hopes it will continue to be a huge part of the Gunderson tradition for generations to come."

They have the following animals and many more: armadillo, baboon, african crested porpupine, macaque, capuchin, cockatoo, donkeys, emus, fennec fox, ferret, groundhog, hedgehob, kankaroo, kinkaju, marmoset, opossum, raccoon, pig, patagonian mara, red fox, serval, scorpion, skunk, squirrel monkey, sugar glider, wolf, coyote hybrid, wolf hybrid and more.

Below are a few photos from our recent visit in 2024.We highly recommend them for a great immersive educational experience with live animals.

Find them on Instagram @animaltracksinc
https://www.instagram.com/animaltracksinc

Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/AnimalTracksInc

TikTok
https://www.tiktok.com/@animaltracksinc

Mary Cummins

Saturday, September 16, 2023

Animal Advocates Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month 2023, by Mary Cummins

Join us as we celebrate "National Hispanic Heritage Month" September 15 to October 15. During this month Americans celebrate the history, culture and contributions of Latino people to our nation. This 2023 year's theme is "Latinos: Driving Prosperity, Power, and Progress in America."

Animal Advocates celebrates Latinos who have helped animals, the environment and wildlife. We celebrate Mexican American Animal Rights Activist Cesar Chavez. Chavez once said, “We need, in a special way, to work twice as hard to help people understand that the animals are fellow creatures, that we must protect them and love them as we love ourselves.”

We celebrate Environment Activist Dolores Huerta. "In the fight to protect American farm workers Huerta exposed the country’s deepening reliance on pesticides and other chemicals that harm people and ecosystems. Her efforts to outlaw harmful pesticides catalyzed the environmental-justice movement."

We celebrate our Latina founder Mary Cummins whose love of wildlife encouraged her to found Animal Advocates over 20 years ago in 2002. Her love of all animals came from her Mexican grandmother Maria Rivera Cummins. We also celebrate the first Latino Fish & Game Commissioner Michael Flores who promoted Latinos enjoyment of the outdoors. We also support Latino Outdoors who help connect Latinos to the great outdoors and Green Latinos who work to protect our environment.

Our community of animal lovers support our causes and champion for a better world for wildlife and the planet. One of our causes is to promote much needed diversity in Fish & Wildlife and Wildlife Rehabilitation. We also promote wildlife education in Spanish and English. We borrow the words of Dolores Huerta in saying ”¡Sí, Se Puede!" "Yes, we can!" accomplish these goals.

Of course we celebrate our entire community and animal lovers world wide every day. As we primarily serve Los Angeles, California which is predominantly Latino we honor our Latino community during this special month.

#HispanicHeritageMonth #LatinxHeritageMonth #HerenciaHispana #LatinoHeritageMonth #MesHerenciaHispana #NationalHispanicHeritageMonth #AnimalAdvocates #MaryCummins #Latino #Latinx #CesarChavez #DoloresHuerta #GreenLatinos #LatinosOutdoors #wildlife #wildliferehabilitation #wildliferehabilitator #wildliferescue #LosAngeles #California #Spanish #SiSePuede @AnimalAdvocatesUSA @MaryCummins

*We use the term "hispanic" because that is the official name of the US heritage month. Other words that can be used are "latino," "latine," "latinx" ... The history of our nation is complex and controversial. The US was inhabited by Native Americans who were conquered and colonized by the Spanish, French, British and USA. September 15 is the day many Latin American countries gained their independence from their colonial occupations. We strive to respect and promote all people.

Mary Cummins

Monday, September 4, 2023

P-22 Mountain Lion Eating a Dead Deer, GRAPHIC, Mary Cummins, Animal Advocates

Mountain lion P22, P-22, puma, cougar is eating a dead deer in Griffith Park October 2022. This video came from a trail cam, trail camera in Griffith Park around October 28 to October 30, 2022. p22, p-22, mountain lion, cougar, puma, mary cummins, animal advocates, griffith park, los angeles, california, wildlife rescue, wildlife, rehabilitation, wildlife rehabilitator @animaladvocatesusa @marycummins

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Video of P22 mountain lion walking around, licking, smelling by Animal Advocates, Mary Cummins

Video of P22, P-22 mountain lion, cougar, puma walking around on trail cam, trail camera.

Mary Cummins

Friday, September 16, 2022

Animal Advocates celebrates National Hispanic Heritage Month in Los Angeles, California 2022

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Join us as we celebrate "National Hispanic Heritage Month" September 15 to October 16. During this month Americans celebrate the history, culture and contributions of Latino people to our nation. This years theme is "Unidos: Inclusivity for a Stronger Nation."

Animal Advocates celebrates Latinos who have helped animals, the environment and wildlife. We celebrate American Animal Rights Activist Cesar Chavez. Chavez once said, “We need, in a special way, to work twice as hard to help people understand that the animals are fellow creatures, that we must protect them and love them as we love ourselves.”

We celebrate Environment Activist Dolores Huerta. "In the fight to protect American farm workers Huerta exposed the country’s deepening reliance on pesticides and other chemicals that harm people and ecosystems. Her efforts to outlaw harmful pesticides catalyzed the environmental-justice movement."

We celebrate our Latino founder Mary Cummins whose love of wildlife encouraged her to found Animal Advocates over 20 years ago. Her love of animals and wildlife came from her Mexican grandmother Maria Rivera Cummins. We also celebrate the first Latino Fish & Game Commissioner Michael Flores who promoted Latinos enjoyment of the outdoors.

Our community of animal lovers support our causes and champion for a better world for wildlife and the planet. One of our causes is to promote much needed diversity in Fish & Wildlife and Wildlife Rehabilitation. We also promote wildlife education in Spanish and English. We borrow the words of Dolores Huerta in saying ”¡Sí, Se Puede!" "Yes, we can!" accomplish these goals.

Of course we celebrate our entire community and animal lovers world wide every day. As we primarily serve Los Angeles, California which is predominantly Latino we honor our Latino community during this special month.

#HispanicHeritageMonth #LatinxHeritageMonth #HerenciaHispana #MesHerenciaHispana #NationalHispanicHeritageMonth #AnimalAdvocates #MaryCummins #Latino #Latinx #CesarChavez #DoloresHuerta #wildlife #wildliferehabilitation #LosAngeles #California #Spanish #SiSePuede

Mary Cummins

Monday, July 1, 2013

Los Angeles Business Journal Names Animal Advocates Top Nonprofit in Los Angeles, California

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Animal Advocates Nominated as One of the Top Nonprofits in LA by the Los Angeles Business Journal

Animal Advocates was nominated as one of the top nonprofits in Los Angeles by the Los Angeles Business Journal. The awards ceremony took place at their 3rd annual Nonprofit & Corporate Citizenship Awards ceremony at the Biltmore Hotel in downtown LA on June 19, 2013. LABJ honored professionals and organizations that continue to make a positive impact on the community.

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA (PRWEB) JULY 01, 2013

LABJ Publisher and CEO Matthew A. Toledo stated "Our Awards are designed to honor those professionals and organizations in the nonprofit world that continue to make a positive impact on the community and do so under difficult financial constraints." Toledo continued "We thank and salute all of the nominees." "You are more than heroes - you are an essential part of future corporate and societal success."

Mary Cummins President of Animal Advocates stated "we are honored to have been one of only two animal nonprofits nominated. We are also the only Fish & Wildlife licensed wildlife rehabilitation facility in the City of Los Angeles which covers over 500 square miles and 3.8 million people. We look forward to continuing to help native wildlife and people in the City."

About Animal Advocates: Animal Advocates is licensed by the California Department of Fish & Wildlife and the USDA to rescue and rehabilitate ill, injured and orphaned native wildlife for release back to the wild. We rescue coyotes, bobcats, foxes, raccoons, opossums, skunks, squirrels…all the way down to bats. Animal Advocates also provides wildlife education, humane nuisance wildlife control and has a small sanctuary for unreleasable wildlife.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/7/prweb10886744.htm

Mary Cummins

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