Remember All The Stuff We Said Would Come Out At The Trial?

Well judge Jesse Rodriguez did everything in his power to keep that information from coming to light. But now that the trial for Alex and Gloria is over...those FACTS can be released to the public and the media.

On Thursday, January 31st, we invite everyone to the Long Beach Courthouse. On the 8:30 AM docket for judge Rodriguez's courtroom is the restitution hearing being brought forth by LBAC and the city of Long Beach. They want Alex and Gloria to pay $90,000+ for the animals they seized. (more about that in a moment) Todd Krauss will have a big announcement for everyone and we encourage you to come down to the courthouse and hear for yourself! New legal action is afoot, new opportunities for you to demand changes at LBAC.

As background here's some info that will be buried at the hearing on Thursday:

We hate to be nitpicky but here are some important FACTS they're hoping you'll forget (and TRUST -- we know judge Rodriguez will have his tighty whities so bound up over this -- that it will never come out in his courtroom)

1. Within days of the raid, Ed Boks of LA Animal Services offered to house ALL the animals free of charge at a facility that he was preparing to open. Additionally Dr. Saleh offered to provide FREE veterinary care for all the animals. Wesley Moore, head of Long Beach Animal Control (you notice the different "aura" in titles between Long Beach and Los Angeles) said to the Noah's Ark Attorney... and we quote:"Go fuck yourself! We'll see you in court." So -- the city never needed to take on this expense, they had other options that would have been better for the animals and better for the situation -- but since they were so hungry to kill all these animals, they decided to keep them.

2. After three months of holding the animals, LBAC made them available for adoption. Sounds good doesn't it! Well that's a half-truth really! People had to demand to see NA animals and those "nice SPCA volunteers" did everything they could to steer families and potential adopters away from Noah's Ark's animals.

3. And don't forget, even though they painted Alex and Gloria as these horrible hoarders (eh-hem...they adopted out 2,400 animals in one year...they really SUCK at hoarding), if they had walked in with a big fat check anytime before the animals became available -- they would have all been returned to Noah's Ark!

4. And while we're traveling in the wayback machine...don't forget that Quigley declared that no rescue who had ever worked with Noah's Ark could pull "our" animals and find them homes or fosters. Sounds bent but okay, right? Yeah, that's another half truth. One of the armchair rescuers who repeatedly dumped sick animals at Noah's Ark and NEVER contributed any money to their vet bills was Ms.Pnina Gerston. Pnina frequently dealt with Noah's Ark and on the day of the seizure had 12 dogs at Noah's Ark. In fact, Alex was convicted of animal neglect regarding one of Pnina's dogs and is in prison right now because of it. Pnina neglected to testify that the dog was critically ill when it came to Noah's Ark, that Noah's Ark had paid extensive vet fees for little Maggie, and that she was on the mend when she was seized. Maggie died after she was in Quigley's care for 3 months and Pnina even went so far as to spread lies that Maggie was pregnant by an un-neutered pit bull from Noah's Ark. All of it -- pregnant, lack of care, puppies about to be born, Pnina's relationship with Noah's Ark (or no relationship as she must have convinced Quigley) ONE BIG FAT LIE! Way to go all star rescuer!! You and Quigley are cut from the same cloth! Pnina became the person to decide which rescues got to pull animals -- uh wait a second how's that fit with Quigley's EDICT? Yeah, we wonder how much of her soul Pnina sold to the devil too! And because Pnina and Quigley were such ego maniacs HUNGERING for the media spotlight with their good deeds - they couldn't be bothered to read any of the animal's files nor ask questions about them that would get them properly homed -- so we've been quietly undoing the messes that Pnina's great rescuing abilities created!

5. For weeks, Councilman Gary DeLong and even the Mayor demanded that we be given and "inventory" of what was seized -- we wanted a list of our animals. Assistant City Attorney Krystil Myers stalled at every turn. When we were finally provided a list, there were 12 numbered lines (each animal had a line) that had nothing on them. Yet Wesley Moore and Lt. Quigley were crying crocodile tears for the cameras and telling everyone that 5 animals had died or been put to sleep and we couldn't locate many of the animals (which we have now found out they killed.) Hmmmm---somebody needs to go back to math class! We're sure Todd Krauss is reviewing the restitution "bill" with a fine tooth comb because you KNOW it's packed with lies!

6. And finally, we have many clear cases of how LBAC's subpar care resulted in extensive problems for the animals. Fraggle's feet had such bad chemical burns on his paws(which his new vet had estimated having occured within just 10 days of his adoption -- which remember was after 3 months with LBAC)that he could barely walk on his feet! Shouldn't LBAC being paying THOSE vet bills??? Welcome to Orwellian Long Beach where it's 1984 made real!

So join us on Thursday at the Long Beach Courthouse and learn about the next steps Alex and Gloria are taking and the new opportunities for you to get involved -- and make Long Beach a safe place for animals. 8:30 AM is when court begins! Look forward to seein' y'all there!