AMY VERDER/LET THEM LIVE RESCUE - SCAM: ASKING FOR MONEY FOR A DOG SHE DOES NOT HAVE AND MAY NOT EXIST: PART 2

Last night, Feb. 12, 2013, Let Them Live Rescue deleted much of what they had posted on their Chip In titled "UNCHAIN THESE BABIES." Apparently, this was right after someone posted our previous article proving that Amy Verder was running a scam by stealing a photo from Unchain Your Dog.org's website and claiming it was a dog in need of rescue, along with 12 other dogs, and asking for financial support from the public to save them from their lives of misery. 

The only update that Let Them Live Rescue added to their Chip In last night was the following:

"All dogs are safe.."
 February 12 7:36pm

Really, they are SAFE?? Okay, so where are they? Where are the photos, vet records and descriptions about these SAFE dogs? Where did the $325 raised for these 13 dogs go?

Everyone knows that deleting the things one posts is a major red flag and if Amy Verder/Let Them Live was asking for financial support for REAL DOGS IN NEED in KY, then why delete the original content? Why attack others instead of defending herself against the proof that we published? Why not address the REAL ISSUE here? 

There's not a snowball's chance in hell that there is anything honest or sincere when it comes to Amy Verder or how Let Them Live operates. You don't have to take our word for it, there is plenty of evidence and many red flags which all indicate this is a scam operation. If people were more objective and cared about where dogs REALLY end up, then they would see the truth. LTL has tried to appear better than they used to by responding to the complaints of others (the timing of such changes is so obvious) - for example, they now post their vet office's info whereas it was top secret information before. That's an improvement but there is still no accounting for the money LTL raises or proof that animals are actually vetted or proof that most of these animals actually get adopted. 

Why should any of us just trust that Amy Verder is telling the truth about anything when she is a PROVEN LIAR? She can't tell the truth about herself and her own life (much of her life story is fabricated) so why would she tell the truth about how she runs her rescue or the animals she "saves?" The truth is a foreign concept to Amy Verder and Let Them Live Rescue is a scam to obtain money for only Amy Verder (NOT the innocent animals LTL rescues), and to fulfill the sick need for attention and to be 'an animal savior' that Amy has. She is a scam. Let Them Live Rescue is a scam. Anyone who buys her act is a fool and anyone who dares to trust her is going to get burned.

SCREEN SHOTS OF LTL'S CHIP IN "UNCHAIN THESE BABIES" DATED 2-10-2013

SCREEN SHOTS OF LTL'S CHIP IN "UNCHAIN THESE BABIES" DATED 2-12-2013

Let Them Live's Chip In for these dogs:

http://letthemlive.chipin.com/unchain-these-babies

Our original article re: the Unchain these Babies Scam:

http://rescueundercover.blogspot.com/2013/02/amy-verderlet-them-live-rescue-scam.html

UNCHAIN THESE BABIES

AMY VERDER/LET THEM LIVE RESCUE - SCAM: ASKING FOR MONEY FOR A DOG SHE DOES NOT HAVE AND MAY NOT EXIST

Amy Verder of Let Them Live Rescue (KY) must be getting desperate now. Her cons are getting sloppier and more obvious rather than less so. Surprising since she is such a pro at lying and pretending to be something she is not.

She has now been caught using a photo of a dog that she does not have as if this were a dog that she is trying to rescue. Of course she wants our financial support for the "rescue" of this dog (and others). $3,500 to be exact for these 13 dogs that she alleges are chained and in need of rescue somewhere in KY.

How stupid does she think we are? Unfortunately, she and the rest of these scams and fake rescues (in how they practice) have plenty of idiots supporting them. This is on their conscience too.

PHOTO THAT LET THEM LIVE HAS POSTED ON THEIR CHIP IN (2-2-13):

THE SAME PHOTO (REVERSED IMAGE) POSTED ON UNCHAIN YOUR DOG.ORG:

SIDE BY SIDE SHOT IN CASE THERE IS ANY DOUBT:

SCREEN SHOT OF THE PAGE WHERE THE ORIGINAL PHOTO WAS FOUND:

Unchain Your Dog photo:
http://www.unchainyourdog.org/FactsPhotos.htm

http://www.unchainyourdog.org/images/Neglected-Dog-Barrel.jpg

                                 SCREEN SHOT OF LET THEM LIVE'S CHIP IN:

Let Them Live's Chip In for these dogs:

http://letthemlive.chipin.com/unchain-these-babies

Are any of these dogs really in KY and living on chains like Let Them Live alleges they are?? Where is the proof that these dogs even exist? Donors beware. Animal lovers beware. You are being scammed.


Note: there is no public page for Let Them Live Rescue, nor is the founder's (Amy Verder) page public. Zero transparency as always.

References:

http://letthemlive.chipin.com/unchain-these-babies

http://www.unchainyourdog.org/

http://www.unchainyourdog.org/FactsPhotos.htm

http://www.unchainyourdog.org/images/Neglected-Dog-Barrel.jpg

Pages for AV and her daughter LV, the primary representatives of Let Them Live Rescue. There are numerous fake profiles they use to harass and slander people they oppose as well.

https://www.facebook.com/amy.verder

https://www.facebook.com/leandra.ganelle

https://www.facebook.com/LeGa14

Tim Croft DNT/DNA/DNR and Sue Croft DNT - KY

Tim Croft - DNT/DNA/DNR - Cave City, KY
Sue Croft - DNT - Cave City, KY

Neither Tim Croft nor Sue Croft have a business license in the state of KY for either of their so-called transport companies. It is highly unlikely that either of them are registered with the USDA but we are still awaiting a reply to the messages and info that we have sent to them re: the horrific transport that led to this investigation. 

Sue's transport company is Furry Purrs-n-Whiskers Transport.
Tim's transport company is TCTransport.

Furry Purrs-n-Whiskers Transport website:
http://www.furrypurrsnwhiskerstransport.com/index.html

This appeared to be both Sue & Tim Croft's website at the time that this investigation began on June 21st. See the screenshot of this website taken on June 26, 2011:

Sue Croft has since changed her website and this is what it now states:

Hmmm... you know that saying thou protest too much? I think it applies here.

The Crofts are on USHIP, as of 4-12-11 (prior to my messages with her where she claimed ignorance of the transport laws). The site lists both Sue & Tim as the owners: "My husband and I are a foster home for a 501c3 Rescue/Sanctuary. We decided we would also like to help transport rescued pets to their new furr-ever homes, or for people who need their little loved ones carried for them. Yes, we are new on uSHip; but can provide impeccable foster and transport references. Your pet will have the love and care it would be receiving from you while in our transport." <--- Hmmm... I think this positive rating is about to crash & burn!! The site also lists the # of drivers as 2 and says "Business Type: Independent (with pickup truck/van), Carrier Operation: Interstate."

Tim Croft, June 20-June 21 Transport of Death and Suffering:
Tim Croft transported 47 cats, 12 adults and 35 kittens, per the Greenville, SC. shelter's records, from the Greenville shelter to Amy Verder, Let Them Live Rescue in Taylorsville, KY from June 20th to June 21st, 2011. It is clear that during this transport Tim Croft neglected to provide proper care for these poor innocent cats. There is no proof as to whether or not he ever fed, watered or even bothered to check on these cats during this transport, many of whom were already sick with upper respiratory infections. Tim changed his transport plans on the night of June 20th and decided to stop at his home (and Sue's home as well, at least at that time) to sleep and he reportedly said that he would bring all of the cats inside his home that night and that he would give them food and water and a chance to move around. This never happened as Tim instead left all of these poor defenseless cats in their cardboard carriers inside of his vehicle with all of the windows rolled up during the entire time that Tim was at his home. Tim has written and signed a confession stating this. See his confession below.

When Tim met the receiving rescue, here is where the facts get murky since the receiving rescue, Amy Verder w/Let Them Live Rescue, changed her statements re: many of the facts in this case and it appears that Amy and Sue Croft conspired to minimize the impact of this tragedy to themselves. This is all laid out in great detail in my other report on this matter on this blog. However, it seems to be the case that upon arrival of the receiving rescue returning home from meeting Tim Croft and receiving these cats from him, that the cats were discovered to be in horrible conditions. There were reportedly 4 adult cats and 14 kittens dead at this point and all of the others were in distress, suffering from severe dehydration and possibly urine scald. As of late June, the death toll had risen to 5 adult cats and 19 kittens that had died. Amy stated in her last report to me that she had received a total of 12 adult cats and 32 kittens so comparing that to the shelter's records, that leaves 3 kittens unaccounted for. I have no idea what happened to these poor souls but unless they managed to jump out of Tim's vehicle early on, it is not likely that they could have survived.

Tim Croft is not only an unlicensed transporter but a cruel man who was directly responsible for the deaths and the suffering of these cats on this transport. He is listed as DNT/DNA/DNR as he is a clear danger to animals and he should not be trusted with the lives or welfare of any animals. In my opinion, he has lost the priviledge (from a moral point of view) of ever having any future contact with animals. He is not worthy of this as far as I am concerned.

Please share and distribute the link to this blog far and wide and help to warn all of the shelters and rescues that you possibly can about the Crofts and hopefully by doing so we can protect other animals from coming to harm. For your convenience, here is a list of the links you may want to share:

Articles/publications on this transport of hell:
http://www.examiner.com/pet-advocacy-in-national/animal-transporting-laws-and-common-sense

http://www.examiner.com/pet-advocacy-in-national/animal-transport-gone-bad-by-the-crofts

http://www.examiner.com/pet-advocacy-in-national/the-legal-side-to-the-horrible-transport-by-tim-croft

http://rescueundercover.blogspot.com/2011/07/tim-croft-dntdnadnr-and-sue-croft-dnt.html
 
http://rescueundercover.blogspot.com/2011/07/croft-transport-of-hell-conspiracy-and.html


Tim's confession:

Sue Croft:

Sue relatively recently changed her name on FB from Sue Croft to Sue Souers Croft. Her Facebook profile url is: https://www.facebook.com/Kittenpurrs

Sue Croft had presented herself to me and to others as a part of Seven Star Sanctuary, based out of Paris, KY. This was apparently not the case but I will be writing a separate article on this topic. It would seem that Sue was merely a foster for Seven Star (up until very recently) but Seven Star also allowed Sue to pull under their 501c3, to receive and handle the donations raised for the two Kaplan rescues that took place in April, and to be responsible for adopting out the cats that she was fostering. This seems to have been done with little oversight by Seven Star and no completed foster agreement by Sue. Mary Thomas of Seven Star also told me that Sue does not appear to have adoption agreements for all of the cats that she claims to have gotten adopted. The role that Sue had in this does seem to be more than what your typical foster would be responsible for so perhaps this is partly why Sue seemed to think that she was more of a partner in the rescue. If Sue wishes to contact me with a statement on this matter, I would consider adding it to the upcoming publication on this topic.

I met Sue Croft in late March of this year and by April 20th, she had proven to me that her integrity was highly suspect where the welfare of animals and the regard for the the law was concerned. I ended all communication with her at this point. Sue was pulling a large number of cats and dogs from the Kaplan pound in LA. when we met (this was her first rescue from Kaplan) and I helped to get the word out about this rescue and to assist her in asking for donations for the vetting and transport of these animals. It was during her planning of her second rescue from Kaplan that she informed me that her transport plans were illegal. She was the transport coordinator, not the transporter, although she may have driven the last part of the transport herself. You can see screenshots of part of the conversation that I had with Sue here: http://rescueundercover.blogspot.com/2011/07/sue-croft-claimed-in-april-to-have-no.html

Sue never indicated to me that she had a transport company or that she had done any transporting previously. I was very surprised to learn in June when this tragedy occured that Sue was calling herself a transporter since she claimed utter ignorance of the transport laws re: health certs on April 20th. It states on her transport company website that her first transport was on March 18th, 2011.

I can't say that there are clear cut, definite reasons why Sue Croft should not be allowed to foster or adopt although there are some things that certainly sound questionable. Also, if she and her boyfriend are on the road transporting all of the time as I've seen reported, then who would be caring for her animals during this time? I personally would not consider her a good candidate for this but that is because I find her ethics to be lacking where animals are concerned. This is why I have not listed her as DNA/DNR at this time. Should more verified info come in to support this, I would be happy to amend this to reflect such information.

The only thing that I can say with absolute certainty is that Sue Croft is now presenting herself as a paid transporter, yet she is not licensed to provide such services. Paid transporters are required under the law to be registered w/the USDA and to follow all of the USDA (federal) guidelines as well as the state guidelines for the states that they are transporting in. If you want to own a business, then you need a valid business license. If you are being paid for a service, you must report your earnings as income with the IRS. I am not saying that Sue (or Tim) are not reporting their earnings as income because I have no knowledge of this. However, the fact that Sue Croft reportedly insisted to Amy Verder of Let Them Live Rescue that the $300 due to Tim Croft at the time of arrival for this horrific transport in June had to be paid in cash does make you wonder why this was. If someone wants to be a paid transporter they need to do so responsibly and there are many things that make it apparent that Sue Croft has not been operating responsibly. There is also the fact that Sue Croft was involved in this June transport, although she was not directly responsible for the suffering and deaths to these cats. The resulting conspiracy and cover up is just one of many reasons that I believe all of these participants are shady as hell. More info on this part of this can be found here:
http://rescueundercover.blogspot.com/2011/07/croft-transport-of-hell-conspiracy-and.html

written by Crystal Harley