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Applon being seized from the property in Carroll County.

On Monday, Doll was back in a Carroll County courtroom fighting to win the freedom of 12 dogs kept in squalid conditions. This was Doll’s third trip to court for this case and the judge finally awarded Doll custody of all 12 dogs. Project Hope seized the dogs back in August with the help of the Carroll County Sheriff’s Department and the dogs have been convalescing at the Sanctuary ever since. They are all doing well, despite all having been infected with numerous parasites and being way under-weight. Once healthy these dogs will be sent to Every Creature Counts in Denver to start a new life in a loving home. Read the rest of this entry »

Doll hugs Miracle just before placing her on the transport to Denver.

Nobody actually enjoys driving for 48 hours of 60 hour trip – I mean come on. But when you’re driving animals, who for the most part have lived their lives mostly unwanted, to a place where they are not only wanted, but are treated like little celebrities, it’s totally worth it. Of course, it doesn’t hurt to be highly motivated and I’ve never met anyone more motivated to give animals a fighting chance than Doll Stanley. Read the rest of this entry »

In the first wolf hunt ever authorized by Oregon officials, federal hunters with permission to kill were tracking a pair of wolves Wednesday, and the hunt resumes tomorrow, Friday. Read the rest of this entry »

On our very first training ride for the upcoming Three Sanctuary Century, we came across two stranded chickens in Forest Park. Watch the video for the full details on this unbelievable rescue.

Thanks to Jane Bicquette for bringing us the nets that truly made this rescue possible and for assisting with the capture. Also, thanks to Leslie Rossell for her support.

After you watch this daring rescue in heavy traffic, race over to our fundraising site and give generously to our benefit for these three amazing sanctuaries. Read the rest of this entry »

We don’t beg lightly, but our wish list hasn’t had a dent put in it a long, long time. We’re also running dangerously low on funds due to recent transports, vaccines and veterinary costs. Read the rest of this entry »

Itamar arrived at Project Hope with his siblings back in December of last year. Hairless, suffering from mange and completely terrified. Over the next couple of months Doll worked tirelessly to transform these three pups and in late February two of the three (Itamar and Larry) were transferred to Every Creature Counts in Denver. Read the rest of this entry »

Check out Aimee Green’s Oregonian article, Animal rights protester makes peace with Lloyd Center, which details the final chapter, after the permanent closing of the Scamp’s Pet Stores chain, IDA’s Matt Rossell settles his legal dispute with the mall and their security guards who tackled him for 21 seconds of free speech at a Radical Cheerleaders for Animal Rights protest against puppy mills.

A special thanks goes out to the pro bono legal assistance of Stu Sugarman, Rossell’s attorney, who made sure his speech really was free, and continues to ensure that activists are defended when their constitutional rights are challenged. Activists could have long ago been silenced if not for the dilligence of defense attorneys like Stu.

Now its time to celebrate the shuttering of Scamp’s! Join Stu, Matt and the Radical Cheerleaders for the party of the summer, Puppies Vs. Mall Cops, A totally awesome benefit party!, Saturday, August 29th, 7pm. There will be a showing of the film Paul Blart Mall Cop projected onto a 100″ screen in 7.1 surround sound and then from 9:00pm – Midnight: Kickin’ it Old Skool – 80′s Dance Party! Don’t miss it!

Yesterday, in courtroom 708 of the Multnomah County Circuit Court, Judge Adrienne Nelson was smiling while she dismissed Matt Rossell’s case (IDA’s Northwest Director) where he had been aggressively tackled and falsely arrested last February 7th at a puppy mill protest. The arrest occurred after a free speech event where the Radical Cheerleaders for Animal Rights had performed some cheers in protest of the store’s sale of puppy mill puppies in their Lloyd Center Mall location in Portland.

The entire event and arrest was captured on video and the Youtube post has been widely circulated, sparking a flurry of complaints against the mall.

The case was dismissed following a civil compromise that was reached between Rossell and the mall owners, Glimcher Properties Corporation, L.P., where both parties agreed to drop all civil or criminal claims and granted the right for Rossell to go back to the mall for “peaceful use” (they had issued a four-year exclusion prohibiting access.) Rossell was represented by Stu Sugarman, local Portland criminal defense attorney, an activist in his own right, and longtime advocate for activists.

The Portland Mercury’s story, “Dog-piled; mall cops pound puppy protesters” details the events of the day and uncovers the mall’s security company opperating procedures, which show that the mall security acted in direct violation of their own rules of conduct by tackling Rossell to the ground and taking him into custody.

Late last year, Ann Yeager of KGW Channel 8, had conducted an investigation into Scamp’s sale of sick and genetically defective puppies from puppy mills. IDA contributed significantly to that news story, sharing contacts gathered over the years from the ongoing campaign against the chain of pet stores.

But the biggest news that puts a giant exclamation point on the end of this issue, is that the entire regional chain of five Scamp’s Pet Stores have closed their doors forever, declaring bankruptcy this summer, around the same time Oregon’s state legislature had successfully passed a puppy mill bill, that would have forced Scamp’s to disclose the sources of their puppies which they have long kept secret.