The whistleblower who helped uncover the bodies of dead dogs at Miranda’s Rescue, a troubled “no-kill” sanctuary in Humboldt County, filed a legal complaint on Monday with the California attorney general to remove the remaining animals.
Jennifer Raymond asked Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office, which oversees charities in the state, to ensure owner Shannon Miranda isn’t hiding or selling off assets, and to move to revoke the nonprofit’s status.
“ I am very concerned about the animals that are remaining on the property,” Raymond told KQED.
In April, Raymond and another Humboldt County resident, Jenna Moore, went onto the sanctuary property in Fortuna and dug up the bodies of eight dogs — including one later traced back to Oakland Animal Services.
The two women presented this evidence to local authorities, prompting an investigation by the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office. In June, law enforcement exhumed the intact remains of 117 more dogs, plus many more skulls, bones, loose microchips and bodies in “advanced stages of decomposition.”
“I am also perplexed that after all that’s been revealed, that after digging up 117 decomposing dog bodies with ostensible bullet holes in their heads, that the animals are still there,” Raymond said.
Miranda has denied the allegations that he killed dogs for profit and has called Raymond and Moore “bullies and stalkers.” Miranda’s attorney, Allison Jackson, did not respond to KQED’s request for comment.
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