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Friday, November 7, 2014

California Department of Fish & Wildlife losing wildlife rehabilitators, Nicole Cairon

California Department of Fish & Wildlife losing wildlife rehabilitators. Nicole Carion.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (formerly "Department of Fish and Game") maintains native fish, wildlife, plant species and natural communities for their intrinsic and ecological value and their benefits to people. This includes habitat protection and maintenance in a sufficient amount and quality to ensure the survival of all species and natural communities. The department is also responsible for the diversified use of fish and wildlife including recreational, commercial, scientific and educational uses.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife does not do wildlife rehabilitation. The Department licenses properly trained and experienced wildlife rehabilitators who do the actual work. Wildlife rehabilitators rescue ill, injured and orphaned wildlife for release back to the wild. All wildlife rehabilitators are volunteers who must pay for permits, cages, food, veterinary care... to rescue the animals. Wildlife rehabilitators receive no money or compensation from the Department or state to care for these animals.

Nicole Bowser Carion became the rehab coordinator in October 2004. Before that a warden in each of the six California regions was in charge of the rehabbers in that region. Animal Advocates is located in region five. We are the only facility licensed in the City of Los Angeles serving over 4.5 million people and over 500 square miles. Warden Joseph Baima was the rehab coordinator for region five up until 2004. Warden Joseph Baima did a wonderful job educating, aiding and permitting rehabbers in the region. He did an even better job making sure there was peace among the rehabbers.

Since Nicole Carion became the rehab coordinator the number of permitted rehabbers has decreased by 15%. Number of animals rescued has decreased by 16,358 or 20%. While the economy is probably one of the reasons the number of rehabbers decreased from 2008 to 2012, I believe Nicole Carion is the reason for the previous and continued decrease.

We have lost 15% of our permitted wildlife rehabilitators since Nicole Carion joined Fish & Wildlife. For this reason the number of animals rescued has dropped by 16,358 or 20%. I have been receiving more calls than ever before asking for help with wildlife but we have to refuse a great number of animals because we get full quickly. We take in between 700 and 1,300 mammals a year.

Nicole Carion made it more difficult and costly to become a rehabber. I don't believe the level of care of wildlife has increased. Nicole Carion added a lot more red tape to make it almost impossible for new people to receive permits. The only thing Nicole Carion has to do is file an annual report of the number of rehabbers and animals rescued each year. She was three years behind in her reports until I sent in an information act request to obtain the reports. She finally finished and posted the reports.

Nicole Carion stopped accepting applications for permits when she started. I was the last person permitted in 2003. My permit was signed January 2004. She did not approve a new permit for at least two years. While she is accepting applications I don't know if she is approving new permits. We desperately need new wildlife rehabilitators so we can save more of California's wildlife.

One of the main purposes for having wildlife rehabilitators is so that the public will not try to help the animals themselves. Inexperienced people could be bitten, scratched or attacked while trying to help. They could spread zoonotic diseases and parasites. While we don't have many cases of rabies in California we do have some rabid bats. A caring member of the public could easily be bitten by a dying rabid bat and not know to immediately get post-exposure rabies vaccinations. A caring member of the public also won't know how to properly raise wildlife for release back to the wild. We would end up with many illegal and possibly dangerous wild animals as pets.

Please, contact the directors at Fish & Wildlife to ask them to increase the number of wildlife rehabilitators. The head of the Fish & Wildlife Department is Charlton Bonham. Deputy Director is Kevin Hunting. Dan Yparraguirre is in charge of the wildlife branch which oversees Wildlife Rehabilitation. director@wildlife.ca.gov.
Here it is in chart form. The number of rehabbers is down as is animal intake.

Nicole Carion, wildlife rehabilitation coordinator, number, rehabilitators is down, California department of fish and wildlife, annual reports

Nicole Carion, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, wildlife rehabilitators, intake, annual report



YearNumber of licensed rehabbersNumber of wild animals rescued
200411683,000
200511175,696
200610869,153
200710868,437
200811470,233
200910679,007
201010071,458
201110066,642
201299No report apx 40,000
201398No report
2014 95No report

Links have changed
2004
https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=82734
2005
https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=82735
2006
https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=82736
2007
https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=82737
2008
https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=82738
2009
https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=82739
2010
https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=82740
2011
https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=82741

Nicole Carion wildlife rehabilitation coordinator Fish and Wildlife can't spell. All of our permits have looked like this since 2008 which is three renewals or six years. Nicole Kimberly Bowser Carion, Michael Carion. INDIGINOUS, REHABILIATION, REHABILIATATED, PUSUANT, WILDLIFE ANIMAL, RESONABLE, FACILITES 

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


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When and how did the opossum make it to California? Mary Cummins, Animal Advocates

When and how did the opossum make it to California? Mary Cummins, Animal Advocates, Los Angeles, California

Virginia opossum, California, Fish and Wildlife, Mary Cummins,  Animal Advocates, wildlife rehabilitator, Los Angeles
Nicole Carion head of Wildlife Rehabilitation for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife sent all rehabbers a letter stating opossums are not native to California. She told me personally they are only native to "Virginia." She asked that we not rehab them but it wasn't mandatory to kill them at this time. From her letter,

May 1, 2007

"Through genetic studes scientist (sic) have recently discovered that the red fox population in the Sacramaento Valley is native and closely related ot the endangered Sierra Nevada Red Fox." You may rehab these. "For all other areas of the state the red fox genotype is still considered non-native. If you receive a non-native red fox, the animal cannot be released backinto the wild and must either be placed at an appropriate facility or humanely euthanized."

"Opossums and eastern gray and red fox (sic) squirrels, although not native to California, may be rehabilitated and released pursuant to the conditions listed in this memorandum; however, these animals adversely compete with native California wildlife to their detriment and the department recommends euthanasia rather than release."


Nicole Carion, Fish and Wildlife, wildlife rehabilitation, Mary Cummins, Animal Advocates, Los Angeles, California, opossum, squirrel, native, non-native, euthanize


Nicole Carion is incorrect. The squirrels and opossums do not compete with native animals. I wrote an article about our native gray squirrel vs eastern gray and eastern fox squirrel. The native gray is threatened because it only lives in mature trees which are being destroyed by the bark beetle. Eastern gray and fox squirrels are more adaptable living in many different environments. They also only have one litter per year whereas fox squirrels have two.

Years ago Fish and Game stated these animals are new native as they've been here for many, many years. The opossum has slowly been spreading to the entire US for many, many years. Some believe the opossums that are here were brought here for food, fur and didn't make their way on their own. One reason for this notion was that opossums can't take cold weather and would not be able to cross the rockies. Opossums can survive cold weather though their ears and tails might not survive after the first winter. In this pdf book they have a few stories about how opossums came to California.

"Perhaps the most interesting story is how the opossum came to California and the Pacific Coast, expanding its range as far north as southern British Columbia. Before human interven- tion, the hostile environments associated with the mountain ranges and surrounding deserts kept the opossum from spreading to the West Coast. However, in 1890 the Virginia opossum was introduced into southern California near Los Angeles. This population became well established and expanded into adjacent Ventura County by 19. Immigrants, originally from Tennessee, imported an additional group of live opossums from that state into central Califor- nia (near San Jose) in 1910. The live opossums were sent as food items as individuals from this region of the United States considered opossums a delicacy at the time. Several escaped their hutches over time and provided one of the initial populations of opossums into this region of California. Another individual introduced an additional documented group of opossums from South Carolina to a farm near Visalia, California, in an attempt to raise opossums as fur-bearers. Opossum fur at that time was being used as an inexpensive fur trim for some garments and hats. After several years of failure, the fur farmer abandoned this enterprise and many of the animals were simply released into the surrounding countryside. Since this initial introduc- tion, the opossum has prospered along the coast and expanded its range over a considerable area of California, in particular those regions associated with agriculture."


More recent research and has shown that the opossum actually existed during the Eocene epoch (56 to 34 million years ago) in Simi, Fillmore, Santa Paula in Ventura County. They discovered opossum fossils in the Tapo Ranch that date to this era (Fossil Vertebrates of Southern California, pg 20, Theodore Downs, 1968, UCLA). Perhaps the climate was not as cold at this time or the rockies weren't as tall as they are today. The Rocky Mountains were formed 80 to 55 million years ago. 


Other writers state that there have been many different sub-species of opossums in the Americas. The Virginia opossum is but one which made it to the lower deserts of California. The Virginia opossum was better able to survive colder climates but cannot withstand temperatures -7 C. It also cannot withstand very arid areas though it can take tropical heat. 


Obviously the opossum is not native to only "Virginia." It is merely called the "Virginia Opossum" as that is when it was first named in the Americas. The opossum existed many, many years before Virginia, the US or even the Americas existed and were populated.

More misinformation from Nicole Carion.


The below slides are from a power point presentation made by Nicole Carion in 2014. She states that ONLY opossums carry sarcocysities neurona. This is false. Domestic cats also carry it as to skunks, raccoons and sea otters. Here are some studies which prove this. This is why it's illegal to flush used cat litter down the toilet. It even says this on the side of litter boxes. Fish & Wildlife is the agency which made litter makers put it on the boxes. 


"What's killing the sea otters? Sometimes the cause is clear: a shark bite, a bullet, an outboard motor. But about one-quarter of last year's fatalities have been traced to a pair of protozoan parasites, Toxoplasma gondii and Sarcocystis neurona, that are known to breed in cats and opossums." Could sea otters be dying because California cat owners are flushing used litter down the toilet?

State legislators were sufficiently convinced of the threat to pass a bill--signed into law last week by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger--that raises the maximum fine for harming a sea otter to $25,000 and requires that all cat litter sold in California carry a warning label advising cat owners not to dump their pet's droppings into toilets or storm drains."

She also states that most people feel opossums are pests. Opossums actually eat roaches, mice, rats, snails, slugs...They eat "pests" besides dead rotting animals or rotten fallen fruit. Notice she used a photo of an opossum showing its teeth. So much misinformation from Nicole Carion.

Mary Cummins Animal Advocates Los Angeles California Fish Game Wildlife Rehabilitation


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


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California Department of Fish & Wildlife does not want rehabbers rehabbing red fox, opossum or starlings

The California Department of Fish & Wildlife does not want rehabbers to rehab "non-native" species such as starling, red fox, eastern fox squirrel, opossum... They believe they are pest species that compete with native wildlife. Opossums have actually been in California many more years than just since the 1800's. There are opossum fossils dating back thousands of years.

The below slides are from a power point presentation most likely made by Nicole Carion. She states that ONLY opossums carry sarcocysities neurona. This is false. Domestic cats also carry it. Here are some studies which prove this. This is why it's illegal to flush used cat litter down the toilet. It even says this on the side of litter boxes.



She also states that most people feel opossums are pests. Opossums actually eat roaches, mice, rats, snails, slugs...They eat "pests" besides dead rotting animals or rotten fallen fruit. Notice she used a photo of an opossum showing its teeth. So much misinformation from Nicole Carion.

Mary Cummins Animal Advocates Los Angeles California Fish Game Wildlife Rehabilitation

Mary Cummins Animal Advocates Los Angeles California Fish Game Wildlife Rehabilitation
Nicole Carion is saying that rehabbers that rehab opossums, fox squirrels...are not "well respected, progressive organizations." That would mean the Opossum Society run by Leslie Bale is not "respected." Leslie Bale is the President of CCWR (California Council for Wildlife Rehabilitators). She is a well respected wildlife rehabilitator. Carion even contradicts herself by stating wildlife rehabilitation does not affect overall population sizes. Then rehabbing or not rehabbing opossums should not matter.

Mary Cummins Animal Advocates Los Angeles California Fish Game Wildlife Rehabilitation
https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=82731

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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Thursday, November 6, 2014

California Dept of Fish and Wildlife giving (selling?) healthy wildlife to zoos - Mary Cummins, Animal Advocates

Sea otter pup, Fish and Wildlife, California, wildlife rehabilitation, selling animals to zoos.
UPDATE: Even worse news! Monterey Bay Aquarium is only permitted sea otter rehabilitator in the United States. They stated in the last 30 years they've taken in 681 ill, injured and orphaned sea otters. Before 2001 they NEVER rehabbed and released pups stating they bonded too strongly with humans. They gave them to zoos. They only started using surrogates to raise pups in 2001. Since then they released 30 pups via surrogate. The rest went to zoos. They brag that 40 of the current sea otters in zoos across the US came from them as pups.

We rehab orphaned raccoons. If you don't know what you're doing and treat them like a human baby or puppy, yes, they will bond to you. That is why we only handle them while they are nursing. As soon as they can feed themselves we leave them alone. They only interact with other raccoons from then on out. We've never had a rehab failure. They all went on their way back to nature. I've posted videos of our raccoon releases where they don't even look back at us.

Monterey Bay Aquarium takes in $66 million a year. They also have over $300 million in assets. Julie Packard Director makes about $300K/yr. 12 other people have over $150K and even $200K/yr. They spend $1.2 million on animals. The aquarium turns a nice profit. They have $80 million in cash. $150M in stocks and bonds. If you look at the end of their 990, you can see their sea otter activity. They even work with SeaWorld. They give them pups.

http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2012/942/487/2012-942487469-09e0c7c0-9.pdf

ORIGINAL STORY: Many of you have seen this orphaned sea otter pup which was taken to the Monterey aquarium to be rehabbed and released. I was very happy about this and spread the news. They have rehabbed over 600 sea otters. I later found out that the California Department of Fish & Wildlife gave the pup to the Shedd aquarium in Illinois. I thought that was odd when Monterey aquarium rehabs sea otters. Why send him across the country to be rehabbed when he must be released back here? That'd be like me sending baby squirrels to be rehabbed in New York. Here is the story from Monterey Bay Aquarium. They did not habituate the baby to humans. The finders were rehabbers, not the public. There was nothing wrong with the pup. Fish & Wildlife "deterimined" the pup was unreleasable with no reason given. They ordered MBA to give it to Shedd.

I went to the Shedd Aquarium's page where they have featured this pup. They said they will raise him and teach him how to be a sea otter. I thought "good, they will release him." I read further and they said they will "provide him a home for life." They posted "read this sea otter's rescue story and why she needs your help." They are keeping this otter who legally and ethically should be released back to the wild after proper wildlife rehabilitation. They are asking for donations for the pup! If they don't have the money to raise him, why did they take him?

The Shedd aquarium may legally be a non-profit but it is definitely a for profit zoo. People pay to visit the aquarium and can pay extra to play with a beluga whale or penguin, very SeaWorld'y. They state they need donations to care for this tiny pup. They make $73,000,000 a year from their zoo/aquarium with $350,000,000 in assets, $177,000,000 in cash. They don't need money for this pup. He should have been rehabbed here for release back to the wild. He's being used to make money. They have $22,000,000 in salaries, CEO makes $3,500,000 per year! They turn a big profit every year over $20,000,000. Zoo masquerading as a non-profit sanctuary. Here is their 990 for 2012.

http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2012/362/167/2012-362167918-09783b4b-9.pdf

Nicole Carion of the California Department of Fish & Wildlife has repeatedly given (sold?) orphaned wildlife to zoos and aquariums. She gave a wild orphaned bobcat kitten to a college to use as their mascot. We rehabbers have been told we are never allowed to show wildlife in a pet like manner and here they are giving wildlife away as pets to be shown as pets! That goes completely against everything they stand for.

I once had a baby skunk that I thought had a major neurological disorder. I told the wildlife rehabilitation coordinator about the skunk. Nicole Carion responded saying she wanted to give that skunk to her local zoo where she said she once worked. That skunk had to be euthanized because it kept attacking itself. Even if it were healthy why give it to a zoo? They are supposed to buy wildlife from domestic breeders or get only unreleasable ones from rehabbers, not from the department.

Last year there were two orphaned mountain lion cubs. While rehabbers were thankful that they weren't killed we were upset to learn that they were given to yet another sanctuary/zoo called "Zoo to You." This place shows a man giving milk to an adult mountain lion out of a wine glass and people holding all types of wildlife like pets. They should have been rehabbed and released back to the wild. They say that mountain lion can't be rehabbed because they bond to humans...not if you do it properly. None of our bobcats ever bonded. They were wild as all hell.

Why is the California Department of Fish & Wildlife giving away, selling our native wildlife which is collectively owned by all the citizens of the state of California to zoos to incarcerate for life on display? This is the opposite of their purpose, i.e. "The primary responsibility of CDFW is to protect and conserve the natural resources within the State." It is not to take healthy orphaned wildlife and give/sell it to zoos to keep in a cage for life clear across the country.

It's bad enough that the Department will give a permit to SeaWorld to operate the largest non-native fish farm in the United States off our coast.  It's bad enough they gave SeaWorld permits to operate when they are harming the animals and not keeping them in proper enclosures. Why is the California Department of Fish & Wildlife not protecting our natural resources? They should not be giving healthy releasable wildlife to zoos.

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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Friday, October 31, 2014

Happy Halloween from Animal Advocates, Mary Cummins. Have a safe and happy holiday

Animal Advocates, Mary Cummins, Happy Halloween, Squirrel
That's Ernie the "special" squirrel. He had a head injury as a baby when he fell out of his nest. His mom went to pick him up but didn't think he'd make it so she left him. I picked him up, tried to reunite again but she didn't want him. I quickly realized that he was a "special" squirrel. I released him to my back yard so I could keep my eye on him. I had to build him and nest and leave food for him because he was never 100%. Fortunately the other wild squirrels knew he was a little slow and didn't hurt him when he did inappropriate things like try to play with them.

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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Saturday, October 25, 2014

Dr.Jennifer Conrad of the Paw Project received an award from our Mayor Eric Garcetti - Mary Cummins, Animal Advocates

Dr. Jennifer Conrad, Jenny Conrad, Eric Garcetti, Mayor Eric Garcetti - Mary Cummins, Animal Advocates
Our founder, Dr. Jennifer Conrad, is recognized by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti for her efforts to help cats (in 2013). In 2009, the Paw Project sponsored the local ordinance that bans declawing in the city of Los Angeles. #pawproject

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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Dog "Harley" dumped at shelter will not be reunited with unfit lying owners. Leave No Paws Behind.

UPDATE: Dog "Harley" dumped at shelter to be reunited with unfit lying owners.
Mary Cummins, Animal Advocates, Leave No Paws Behind, rescue, Harley, Otto



UPDATE 03/17/2014: Good news! Toby of Leave No Paws Behind rescue has just agreed an hour ago not to give the dog back to the owners. Toby stated that she doesn't feel the traveling lifestyle would be good for Otto because of his age and health.

"All of that being said, and with Otto's best interest at heart, he will be remaining right here in our care and his humans agree."

In the meantime Christopher Gonzales took down his website and his church's Facebook group. I'm sure it's because that is where I found all the photos, videos and evidence which proves they are not sick, disabled, poor seniors who couldn't afford vet care. Toby is the one who released their names and profession to the public. She should not be mad at us for doing research and posting facts.

I just saw the original KTLA video with the phone conversation with Chris Gonzales. He lied about needing tires to try to garner sympathy and donations. Whenever he has car problems he posts on his page that he is praying for an "answer from God." Then one of his followers will PayPal him money then he thanks God for answering his prayer.

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Original article,

Earlier I posted about the dog that was left outside the Baldwin Park, California animal shelter with a sad note. The note said the dog was 13 years old, vomiting and had bloody diarrhea. The owners said they were elderly, sick and couldn't afford to take the dog to the vet or have him euthanized. They allowed him to have mange for three years and be almost bald. They asked the shelter to euthanize him. Instead the shelter called "Leave No Paws Behind" animal rescue. They took the dog to the vet and treated it. Then they decided to try to find the owner. I wrote the blog entry to help. Friends of the owners saw the dog in media articles and came forward.

Here is an article that brings you up to date. When the owners saw that people wanted to give them money they gladly came forward to claim it giving news reporters their PayPal email. The rescue group said they will give them back their dog when it's healthy. They will pay for the dogs veterinary care.

http://ktla.com/2014/03/12/owners-to-be-reunited-with-dachshund-found-outside-animal-shelter/#axzz2wA1hlZpR

When I first read the note and saw the photo of the dog on Facebook I felt sorry for the dog and owners. The owners said they were both seniors, sick and poor. They said the dog was sick. Turns out that is not the case. We have ourselves some liars and con artists. Please, donate to Leave No Paws Behind because they do wonderful work but don't give anything to the owners of the dog. Do not PayPal them a penny. This is what I've found about them so far.

They are not senior citizens. They are not disabled. They are not poor. They are traveling ministers who give little talks then beg for money. They are not a legal church, corporation or non-profit. They make $60,000/year which they admitted to Manta. Manta gets the data from the owner of the business. The dog only had mites. He didn't have bloody diarrhea or vomiting. They left his mites untreated for three years. It's also a crime to dump an animal. They left it outside where anyone could have taken it and used it as dog fighting bait. California Codes. Penal Code. Part 1. Of Crimes and Punishments. Title 14. Malicious Mischief. § 597s. Abandonment of animals (a) Every person who willfully abandons any animal is guilty of a misdemeanor. Anyone who abandons an animal is subject to a $500 fine and/or up to six months in jail. Animal neglect is also a crime. Not providing veterinary care is animal neglect which is covered under 597.


Christine Klaas Gonzales, Christopher R Gonzales, Preachers, con artists, scammers, liars, In Accord Ministries

Christopher R Gonzales, born about 1952 (Toby posted his age), has lived in San Pedro, CA, Canoga Park, CA, Goodyear, AZ, Santa Fe Springs, CA. Married Christine Klaas October 12, 1974 in Fresno (Chris posted the year he was married), CA. Christine born about 1955 (Toby posted her age).  They have a daughter named Kirstie Elizabeth Gonzales (Chris posted this) who married x and x. She was born in Los Angeles, CA. She is an insurance agent in Victoria, Texas, previously lived in Albuquerque, NM as per her public pages. Here is her Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/kirstie.rubio
Her MySpace page
https://myspace.com/414161435

(FTR Christopher Gonzales is the one who posted his daughter and grandson's full name. It's in his bio that he hands out every time he goes somewhere to preach and beg for money. The rescue is the one who gave the public the full names and profession of Christopher Gonzales and his wife Christine Gonzales. I'm not posting private or confidential information.)

Sweetwind Ministries is not a legal non-profit or corporation in CA or AZ.
In Accord Ministries is not a legal non-profit or corporation in CA or AZ.

Christopher Gonzales supposedly told Toby that his church is covered under another legal church organization. He would not tell anyone the name of that organization. I personally don't believe him because he lies so much.

Chris Gonzales is not a PhD. He cannot call himself a doctor. He cannot use "Dr." in his name because it's a supposedly honorary degree, i.e. he didn't do anything to get it. In fact this honorary degree may not even exist. Even though he's not a PhD, he calls himself "Dr. Chris Gonzales." Even in his Twitter account he calls himself a Dr. He mainly talks about watching TV, food and driving.

https://twitter.com/DrChrisGonzales


Chris Gonzales, not a Doctor, public Twitter profile, In Accord Ministries
Video of Chris Gonzales. He's one of those faith healers that puts his hands on people and then everyone shakes like someone having a seizure. He likes to spit out mumbo jumbo made up words while doing so. He preys and prays on poor people who are sick who want him to bless and heal them. He obviously doesn't have the power to heal anyone. He invites people to meetings at Sizzler or the Old Country Buffet restaurants. People pay for their food, listen to him talk then he asks for money. He calls it a "love offering."  Toby now says the wife is on disability.

Chris made his videos below private. That's okay. I saved them. This clip directly below is made up of a few tiny clips of one short video. It is used for non-profit comment and education under the fair use of copyright act. Here Chris talks in tongues. Yes, he's saying jibberish. These people ask him to lay his hands on them and pray for health and wealth for them. If he had the power to pray for health or wealth....?  http://www.animaladvocates.us/chris_gonzales_in_accord_ministries.mov


Chris has removed his videos, pages and podcasts. I saved copies.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSu8FmmkLDM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjdC0LKa-p8
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10203289181576125&set=o.44926160806&type=2&theater


Christopher Gonzales, In Accord Ministries, Sweetwind Ministries, dog, Harley
Christopher Gonzales, In Accord Ministries, Sweetwind Ministries, dog, Harley, Christine Klaas Gonzales
Christopher Gonzales, In Accord Ministries, Sweetwind Ministries, dog, Harley, Christine Klaas Gonzales
Christopher Gonzales, In Accord Ministries, Sweetwind Ministries, dog, Harley, Christine Klaas Gonzales. They can afford designer glasses, jewelry, Hawaiian clothing, manicures but can't take their dog to the vet. 
Christopher Gonzales, In Accord Ministries, Sweetwind Ministries, dog, Harley, Christine Klaas Gonzales. He calls himself a doctor when he is not a doctor. It's a sin to lie. He wrote that about himself. 
Christopher Gonzales, In Accord Ministries, Sweetwind Ministries, dog, Harley, Christine Klaas Gonzales. He can afford an XXXXL leather jacket, designer glasses but wouldn't take his dog to the vet.
Christopher Gonzales, In Accord Ministries, Sweetwind Ministries, dog, Harley, Christine Klaas Gonzales. He lies and calls himself a doctor. Lying is a sin.
I generally don't care about anyone's weight except my own. In this instance I will say something. Christopher Gonzales is morbidly obese. If he has any health problems, they are most likely caused by being so obese. Chris Gonzales likes to thump the bible and quote scripture. While I'm Catholic and don't currently go to church I did go to Catholic school for many years. Gluttony is one of the seven deadly sins. It is to consume to the point of waste. Lust is also a sin. Chris lusts for food and money based on his Facebook page. Chris Gonzales lied which is yet another sin. He is not a doctor yet tells people he is. He also lied in the note he left with his dog. The bible tells us that God created animals. The bible also tells us that we must treat His animals well. If we neglect animals, we are neglecting God. As a supposedly religious man how can he commit so much sin? I believe it's because he's a fraud, a charlatan.

I emailed this blog entry to Chris Gonzales at all his email addresses asking for comment. No reply. The emails did go through. I did not call him or threaten him or his family ever. I have no intention of doing so.

I see no photos of Chris or Christine with this dog online. If he was with then for 13 years going everywhere with them, why are there no photos? There are a ton of photos of Chris. If he loved this dog, there would be photos of him with the dog all over. I noticed that Christine doesn't have a Facebook page, does not talk in any of the videos. I have a feeling this may have been her dog. Chris might have gotten sick of it and told her to dump it. She sounded sorry in the interview. Again, why no photos of Christine with the dog? I think Chris probably did not like the dog, might have been jealous.

After I posted the truth about Chris Gonzales I have been personally attacked in retaliation. Every word here is 100% the truth backed by facts and evidence. Most of it came from Chris Gonzales' website or Facebook pages.

Audio of a sermon of Chris Gonzales
http://pastorrudy.podbean.com/2011/11/06/dr-chris-gonzales/

Their website which they just deleted
http://www.inaccordministries.com

One of his Facebook pages
https://www.facebook.com/chris.gonzales2

Their Facebook page for his church which he just deleted
https://www.facebook.com/groups/44926160806/

Toby removed most of the posts about Harley/Otto from her page.

Address, phone
P.O. BOX 2505
SANTA FE SPRINGS, CA 90670-0505
sweetwindmin@cox.net
Chris1952@cox.net
(310) 364-4320
(310) 351-0654

Proof that Chris wrote the note. Below is a still from Chris Gonzales praying for someone and speaking in tongues. You see a small blue spiral notebook next to his bible.
Chris Gonzales, dog, Harley, in accord ministries, preacher, fraud

This is the note left with the dog. It's from the same spiral notebook.
Christopher Gonzales, In Accord Ministries, preacher, dog, Harley, Otto

You can see that the blue book is a small spiral notebook with 70 pages
Christopher Gonzales, In Accord Ministries, fraud, con, scam, Harley, Otto, dog
A 13-year-old dachshund left outside an animal shelter with a note asking that he be put to sleep because his elderly owners could no longer afford to care for him was expected to be reunited with the couple soon.


Quoted KTLA article in part, "Otto, aka Harley, was to be reunited with his owners March 28. (Credit: KTLA)
The dog, named “Harley” by rescuers, was found tied to a basket outside the Baldwin Park Animal Shelter on March 6, according to Toby Wisneski, CEO and founder of Leave No Paws Behind.

Attached to Harley was a note explaining that he had gotten sick, was vomiting and had bloody stools.

“We are both seniors, sick with no money. We cannot pay for vet bills, or to put him to sleep. He has never been away from us in all those years, he cannot function without us, please put him to sleep,” stated the note, which ended without identifying the owners.

Wisneski received a call from the shelter and took the dog in knowing if she didn’t he would be put to sleep.

After receiving medical care at the East Valley Veterinary Clinic, doctor’s told Wisneski that Harley was going to be OK and had a couple of years left in him.

harley-note
A photograph of the note left with Otto outside an animal shelter.
Determined to reunite Harley with his owners, Wisneski tracked down the couple and found out Harley’s real name is Otto Wolfgang Maximus.

“We just are living week to week,” one of the owners, who wished to remain anonymous, said in a phone interview. “We can’t even go to the hospital to get our treatment.”

The couple was informed that Leave No Paws Behind — described on their Facebook page as a nonprofit, foster-based rescue — would cover Otto’s healthcare and food costs for the rest of his life.

“We thought he was dead, but he lives,” said the owner on the phone. “He’s being well taken care of and, boy, we’re just so extremely grateful.”

The couple was expected to be reunited with Otto when they return to the area on March 28."

Mary Cummins of Animal AdMary 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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