The Animal Foundation of Las Vegas no longer has anyone's interest at heart; either for the animals or the community they serve. They have been in the news for several years; and none of it is good. From lack of transparancy, to mismanagemet; and questions about treatment of animals to fraud, collussion and contract violations.

Due to overcrowding, understaffing, and mismanagement or literally everything within the walls of The Animal Foundation; the ongoing crisis continues to grow and the City of Las Vegas must take action. The city says it may "break away from The Animal Foundation in 2025, opting to build and possibly run its own animal shelter." The animals in our community can't wait until 2025!

Last Fall when a disease outbreak caused the shelter to close and stop taking in dogs with no back-up plan, it created havic throughout the entire city. Animals were being dumped throughout the city because The Animal Foundation adamently refused to open it's doors to strays, owner surrenders and other animals.

Animal rights advocates and rescue groups say the way The Animal Foundation is running now is a huge burden on local rescues and a disservice to our community, and the animals.

City of Las Vegas Ward 2 Councilwoman Victoria Seaman said "The problem with The Animal Foundation is we have no control, our contracts don't allow us to have any say-so, we don't have anyone on the board, and so we're in a crisis right now." How do you write a contract that doesn't allow you to do anything.

The lastest malfunction came last January when Hilarie Grey took over as CEO in late January. She was hired despite having NO PRIOR EXPERIENCE as a shelter operator.

The Animal Foundation is a tax-payer funded shelter and we deserve answers! Besides the total lack of oversight from the City, animals are being murdered in mass numbers. Granted, some animals may come in sick or injured and their only choice is humane euthanasia. But, animals that are healthy and ready to be adopted are being killed.

The Animal Foundation continues to make news. This time, they murdered a german shephard by the name of Chaze. This poor babywas killd because The Animal Foundation said he is a violent dog. Despite local rescue group willing to sign a waiver of liability and take the dog, which The Animal Foundation has done in the past. Management at The Animal Foundation then decided to cut ties with the rescue, saying it had "nothing to do with the Chaze situation", telling the local news that a member from the rescue "was mean to our staff".

Antoehr rescue was also turned away by multiple staff members at The Animal Foundation. He said Chaze had jumped into a stranger's car as volunteer rescuers attempted to trap him, and the dog appeared friendly to the man. He said that the dog would actually come up to him and eat out of his hand and allow the man to pet him. But the minute he would see a leash or anything in relation, the dog would get scared and run away. The rescuers were trying to cage the German Shepherd when animal control arrives, snares Chaze, and takes him to The Animal Foundation. Instead of allowing Chaze to be adopted out or taken by a rescue group, they murdered him.

Let's look at some numbers from The Animal Foundation. It's statistics will shock you!

Over the last 6 years, of publicly avaialble statistics, The Animal Foundation has killed 11.49% of the dogs it has taken in and 17.17% of cats. Their highest numbers of years obtained were last year where 16.08% of dogs and 17.27% of cats were killed.

The Animal Foundation is pure poison in our community and the City of Las Vegas has to step up and save our animals. Don't let this organization kill anymore of our fur babies!