Mendocino County Animal Control — Local services in Ukiah

On Friday I called the Humane society because their was a young kitten who had been injured in a cat fight and had a subsequent abscess on his face. Likely from a swollen salivary gland.

They were closed and the voice mail referred me to the animal control Dept. I had gained the cat's trust. The dispatcher said an officer was entire. I asked the officer if he was going to kill the cat. He said no. I said because if you are I am not going to surrender this cat to you.

The cat needed a treatment of antibiotics nothing more. I could not afford the vet or else I would have taken him there. They killed that cat over the Fourth of July weekend. They were closed to the public so I could not see him but they sure could kill him. Got to work hard over the weekend to kill cats.

That Sherrifs deputy/animal control officer lied. There was no call. The lady said he tested positive for heartworm. Maybe. I doubt it. Cat was pretty young.

If that cat was left alone it may have died. It may have been eaten by a coyote. It may have died from infection or the alleged heartworm...but it would have longer than these people gave it. I could have killed the cat if that's what I thought he needed. The cat needed penicillin. This is why animals don't trust people. He trusted me. I wild cat came to me for help. Well "Ninja" I failed you and for that I am sorry.

The "Humane"society refers you to callous people that cannot even call you before they autocratically decide to kill. I told him do not take this animal if you are going to kill it. I will never in my life again call animal control.

I have the highest respect for the Sheriff's Office. I have friends who work there. They serve and they protect and they do it at great personal risk.

However the man that took that cat under false pretenses betrayed my trust which in turn betrayed the trust of an innocent injured animal that looked to people to help him...and they killed him. I should have known when he seemed in a hurry and would not look at.me in the face without his...

Wildly corrupt, arrogant agency (a pattern with government agencies that are bestowed too much money and power) that views citizens as uppity peasants. I knew California would never help people, but I actually thought they would still help animals. Especially a whole abandoned horse on a mountain above the snowline. No. I was so wrong.

And the rot goes all the way to the top, to Molinari. After months of trying to get help from these people, and doing my best to keep the poor old, very lame mare that literally just showed up, alive, in a harsh winter where I did not have a barn, I eventually decided to make a complaint to the County Supervisor.

I then ultimately gave up pursuing my complaint because frankly, I was afraid they'd start escalating to retaliation. I feel I am still taking a chance using my real name here. I am now out of the entire state of California, but still maybe not untouchable, not in the country we now live in. But I want my review posted under my real name in this case. I am taking the risk. The case is unique enough I doubt I could remain anonymous anyway, if the long arm of illegitimate law decides it needs to reach me.

Every animal rescue type organization I spoke with, private, semi private, horse specific and non horse specific, had nothing good to say about these people. Some were more forthcoming than others, but my favorite was a large shelter where the guy just laughed bitterly when I asked if the agency was hard to deal with/corrupt. Some of the other stories are too specific to share and the rescuers are likely still in Mendo.

I just can't imagine why so many people have 'feelings' about...

I've been calling animal control for 5 yrs asking them to do something about the neglected dogs up the hill that bark frantically right into my bedroom window 24/7. I haven't had a peaceful nights sleep in 7yrs. They bark with high anxiety non stop all night & day for 7 yrs now. Animal Control officers always tell me "Theres nothing we can do about this." Not to mention their hours, 10am-5pm Monday-Friday, are ridiculous. They work 7 hrs a day, 5 days a week. If you have an animal emergency after 5pm or on a weekend, forget about it.

My dog just died of a heartattack early in her life. She was so stressed about the dogs up the hill all the time. I think it played a part in her early demise. Mendocino County doesn't seem to have proper laws in place for Animal Control to serve & protect the animals. I've even sent them evidence of tons of video footage from years of those dogs barking non stop, yet it remains ignored & they do nothing about it. Im doing this review because I feel helpless in this situation, like my only option to keep my sanity is to move out of the home I've lived in for...