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Join us and tell the State of California to take action! Comment DOG and we’ll send you the petition to shut down Miranda’s Rescue & re-home suffering animals!

My firm, @advancinglawforanimals, represents whistleblower Jennifer Raymond. At great personal risk, Ms. Raymond investigated Miranda’s suspicious activity when local authorities refused to take action.

Now we’ve learned that on August 14, Shannon Miranda sold a Fortuna property owned by Miranda’s Rescue for $126,000.

That sale happened just three months after the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant on the rescue as part of a felony investigation into the alleged intentional killing of dogs, grand theft of animals, and fraud.

Under California law, a nonprofit can’t sell its real property without board authorization. It’s unknown whether Miranda’s Rescue’s board ever approved this sale.

This is exactly what we warned about. In August, we filed an urgent complaint with California AG Rob Bonta, cautioning that without timely intervention, Miranda could sell or move assets in ways that make them harder to recover for the people he defrauded.

As I told the Times-Standard: “”The math isn’t mathing.””

Mr. Miranda is under investigation for fraud and animal abuse. Hundreds of animals are unaccounted for. And county records show taxes haven’t been collected on parcels that aren’t even being used for the nonprofit’s charitable mission.

We need a court-appointed receiver to protect the remaining animals and assets, including property, before anything else disappears.

Comment DOG for the petition. Sign it. Share it. 🐾⚖️ by @advancinglawforanimals

This is your 2026 reminder that animals need lawyers, too 🐑 🐕 🐖🪿🐓

Speciesism: prejudice or discrimination based on species, especially against animals. This year, we hope more people can see animals for who they truly are: amazing, sentient beings that aren’t ours to use for any purposes. Visit a sanctuary near you and give @weareveganuary a try. Choose compassion over cruelty 🌱

Want to help raise awareness? Make a post like this with your companion animals. Graphics are free to download on @advancinglawforanimals’ website.

Let’s end speciesism together. by @advancinglawforanimals

Thank you @westsidecurrent for publishing my op-ed. Here’s the short version.

California voters passed Proposition 12 with nearly 63% of the vote, 7.5 million people, to give breeding pigs basic space to stand up, lie down, and turn around. The pork industry sued to kill it. They lost at the Supreme Court. Twice.

So they went to Congress.

The Save Our Bacon Act — yes, that is its real name — would nullify Prop 12 and, according to a Harvard Law analysis, up to 600 other state and local measures covering not just animal welfare, but food safety and disease prevention. The House Farm Bill passed with this Save Our Bacon Act language in it. The Senate’s current version does not include it, but supporters may try to add it through an amendment.

I have been inside factory farms for cases. A breeding pig spending her entire pregnancy immobilized in a metal crate barely larger than her body is not a fringe position. It is standard practice. Prop 12 sets a modest floor. Congress is trying to take it away.

Opposition to this is bipartisan. Chuck Schumer, Adam Schiff, Alex Padilla, and Republican Representatives Young Kim and David Valadao have all opposed it. Their message is simple: overriding the will of California voters does not belong in a Farm Bill.

Congress should protect animals, consumers, responsible farmers, and states’ rights. Above all, it should respect the votes of Californians. by @advancinglawforanimals

We need your help!

California voters passed Proposition 12 with nearly 63% of the vote. It says breeding pigs used to produce pork sold in California must have enough room to stand up, lie down, turn around, and extend their limbs. The pork industry sued to kill it. They lost at the Supreme Court.

So now they went to Congress.

The House just passed a Farm Bill containing language from something called the Save Our Bacon Act — yes, that is its real name — that would restrict states from enforcing animal welfare standards on products coming from other states. Including laws like Proposition 12.

The Senate’s current Farm Bill does not contain that language. But it could still be added as Congress continues debating the bill.

This isn’t some obscure fight over bacon. It’s a fight over whether your state can keep the animal welfare protections its own voters chose. California voted for this. The pork industry lost in court. And now they’re trying Congress.

As an animal lawyer I want to be direct: this is one of the most important animal welfare fights happening right now. And it needs your attention.

Comment SAVE to take action and tell Congress to protect state animal welfare laws. Share this post. The animals who will live or die in these conditions cannot vote. You can. by @advancinglawforanimals

$Join us and tell the State of California to take action! Comment DOG and we will send you the petition to shut down Miranda’s Rescue & re-home suffering animals! Following a tip from a whistleblower now working with my firm, Advancing Law for Animals, law enforcement authorities recently discovered a mass grave filled with at least 138 dogs at Miranda’s Rescue in Northern California. The animals appeared to be shot in the head and then buried as part of Miranda’s fraudulent “no kill” rescue and money-making scheme. The evidence suggests that is a small fraction of the total animals killed by the organization over the past two decades. Public shelter records show roughly 700 dogs delivered to Miranda’s Rescue since January 2025 remain missing. Shockingly, there are approximately 40 dogs, as well as an unknown number of cats, equines, and birds, still in this organization’s possession. On behalf of our client, whistleblower Jennifer Raymond, Advancing Law for Animals has filed an urgent complaint demanding that California’s Attorney General immediately confiscate, rehabilitate, and adopt out the remaining animals and dissolve the abusive and fraudulent non-profit. The complaint also requests that the Attorney General preserve the organization’s assets for defrauded members of the public who have legal claims. Thank you @kqednews @newshour @npr for sharing this story! by @advancinglawforanimals$

Calling all SoCal animal lovers! Edward & Victoria are about 11 weeks old, in good health, use the litter box perfectly, and are well-behaved with healthy growing kitten appetites! They’re ready!

Please reach out to us if you’re serious about making them a part of your family! Email Ryan at rgordon@advancinglawforanimals.org or call Megan at 818-679-7353 to request an application! 🐈 by @advancinglawforanimals

@l_a_adl, thx for joining the campaign! 🐽 Calling all #AnimalsFurChange 🐱☎️ Strike a pose for your human and tell the world #AnimalsNeedLawyers! 📸 🌎💕✨ Paw-lease don’t forget to tag @advancinglawforanimals 🐾 Free downloads available at advancinglawforanimals.org/shop [link in IG bio] by @advancinglawforanimals

Join us and tell the State of California to take action! Comment DOG and we’ll send you the petition to shut down Miranda’s Rescue and re-home suffering animals!

My firm, @advancinglawforanimals, represents whistleblower Jennifer Raymond. At great personal risk, Ms. Raymond investigated Miranda’s suspicious activity when local authorities refused to take action. Because of her bravery, she ultimately led law enforcement to a mass animal grave.

As of today, at least 138 dogs have been recovered from burial pits. Miranda admitted to investigators he shot some of these dogs, and evidence indicates he sent shelters fabricated adoption updates for animals he had already killed. Roughly 700 dogs transferred to Miranda’s Rescue since January 2025 remain unaccounted for.

And after all of that, at least 40 dogs, along with an unknown number of cats, equines, and birds, remain on the property under Shannon Miranda’s control.

That’s why my firm, on Ms. Raymond’s behalf, filed a complaint with California AG Rob Bonta demanding he dissolve Miranda’s Rescue and appoint a receiver to take control of the animals immediately.

Six of the dogs recovered were transferred from the Palm Springs Animal Shelter — which has since ended its relationship with Miranda’s Rescue entirely. Shelters trusted him with their animals.

It defies common sense that after law enforcement discovered a mass graveyard, this man still has animals.

Comment DOG for the petition. Sign it. Share it. These animals have been in kennels for four months. They are running out of time. by @advancinglawforanimals

Olive, thanks for taking action! 🫒♥️🐶

Calling all #AnimalsFurChange 🐕☎️ Strike a pose for your human and tell the world #AnimalsNeedLawyers! 📸 🌎💕✨ Paw-lease don’t forget to tag @advancinglawforanimals 🐾 Free downloads available at advancinglawforanimals.org/shop [link in IG bio] by @advancinglawforanimals