They're Back, and Asking for Money Again

Please do NOT donate to this man or this organization. They have a terrible reputation among dog owners and breeders. ARC (Animal Rescue Corps) is backed by a multi-millionaire who pays for their raids, whether they are justified or not. Scotlund Haisley is being sued in multiple states and cases for illegal pet seizures. The animals are adopted out as soon as they are seized and there is never much wrong with them. They only seize them as a way to scam money from the public.

Carlotta Cooper
Sportsmen's and Animal Owner's Voting Alliance -- Tennessee Director


Seen on a dog e-mail list this morning. Here's a tip: watch the video with the sound muted and form your own conclusions instead of letting the voice over tell you what to think.

Can a brushfire be a good thing? It was on Thanksgiving! 65 Fighting Dogs
were rescued from horrendous conditions because the firemen who put out the
fire noticed the dogs wearing heavy logging chains, no food or water
available, no warm beds, no loving care. Please see the video!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TMWimRE4dA&feature=youtu.be
You can donate direct through (deleted)

If you don't want to donate directly, I will take donations and send gift
cards.
They are also collecting supplies, but that is in Indy on Wed and I don't
think we can pull that off.

xxxxx

[They are asking folks to crosspost their plea for money.]

Have you heard about Operation Broken Chain?
A large-scale suspected dog fighting operation has been uncovered in
Ashland City, Tenn.
The dogs were discovered by firefighters who had responded to a brush fire
on property along Buckeye Road on Thanksgiving night.
Dozens of dogs, primarily pit bulls, and some beagles, were chained on the
property with heavy logging chains. Some puppies were behind bars in rusty,
wire cages.
Shoddy, makeshift shelters littered the property and the underweight dogs
were lacking access to food and water.
The overwhelming task of removing the dogs from the property was undertaken
on Saturday by several organizations, including support from the Tennessee
Highway Patrol, Animal Rescue Corp < http://animalrescuecorps.org/ >,
Cheatham County Animal Control, New Leash on Life, Agape Animal and the
Nashville Zoo.

ARC President Scotlund Haisley stated:

“We believe this is the largest dog fighting rescue in Tennessee history,”
“The conditions Animal Rescue Corps found on this property are the worst I
have ever seen at a dog fighting operation in my 22-year career in animal
protection.”

In the end, rescue officials were able to move 65 dogs to an emergency
shelter in Nashville.
The dogs rescued from the property will be cared for by the American Rescue
Corp. until they can be assessed for placement and transported to rescue
organizations.

But, there is a second part to this story. Many of the dogs will be placed
with our friends at Cheatham County Animal Awareness, who have their own
struggles right now. They are in the process of putting a roof on their
shelter to keep the residents out of the elements. They need to get this
roof completed in order to get as many of the former fight ring dogs moved
to their facility.

Mobile Mutts has committed to help BOTH groups....

Uh, yeah. A second part to the story. You know what it sounds like? It sounds like "Cheatham County Animal Awareness" needed a new roof and they said to their friends with ARC, "Hey, why don't you seize some dogs so we can come up with the cash?" Afterall, ARC has done so well raising money from an unsuspecting public in the past in Tennessee when they've seized dogs. All you have to do is come up with a cute name for your group and make up a sad story.

As for that oh-so-fortuitous brushfire, kind of makes you wonder if someone set it intentionally to call attention to the dogs, doesn't it? Someone sets a little fire, gets the authorities out, and then ARC is ready to spring into action so they can help their friends get a new roof, among other things. They can kill so many birds with one stone (pardon the pun), and it all sounds so very innocent. This might sound far-fetched if we weren't dealing with animal rights zealots.

ARC is funded upfront by the Ady Gil World Conservation group, best known for their support of the Sea Shepherd Foundation and anti-whaling activities, among other animal rights groups. You can find that information on their web site. Google "Ady Gil + ARC" and you'll find lots of hits about raids the organization has supported. TThey also put out press releases when ARC does raids. They're quite proud of they're financial support of the group. So, the dogs that have been seized don't need any public financial support. Any money donated is gravy. In this case if someone donates, they will probably be putting a roof on some building for a questionable "animal awareness" group that helped seize some dogs to make money for that purpose.

So, watch the video with the sound OFF. Form your own conclusions. And don't fall for the scam from ARC unless you just want to help put a roof on this building for the group in Tennessee. Personally, I think it would have been more honest if they had just had a fundraiser instead of seizing someone's animals to try to get money.