in may 2019, while I was in the hospital with back fractures and surgery, a person from animal control volunteered to foster my service dog, maile lei, as her chi and maile had become good playmates. then nobody returned my calls or emailed me to tell me how she was doing until near the end of my hospital stay, when I was told maile lei was in the ”safe haven” program at the humane society. when I was discharged, I went to pick up maile lei and was told she had never been in the safe haven program nor fostered, but was kept in the general kennels and I was going to have to pay nearly 600.00 dollars in kennel fees to get her back. I was never told that until the day I went to pick her up. I found out then I had been lied to all along and they knew I lived on a social security disability check and had no means to pay 600.00. so, without my permission and in violation of the americans with disabilities act, the humane society of s.w. Washington adopted her out. they have never responded to one email or phone call about how she was or is doing, and have refused to communicate with me at all. I am asking all their partners and sponsors to withdraw their support and the general public to withdraw their support and donations until the humane society does what they contracted with me to do and return her safely and promptly to me. I am filing criminal and civil charges against them for fraud, larceny, extortion, violations of the a.d.a., and intellectual property theft as maile lei is also the trademark for a series of creative works I do for supplemental income. please support me in this and write to the humane society and ask them to do the right thing and keep their promise to me and maile lei. I am the only real mom she has ever known and I know all her quirks and habits and I trained her to do her service work and love life. I am disabled, have been recovering from leukemia, back fractures and homelessness and need maile lei’s love, joy and service work now more than ever. thank you. contact me, Heidi Hansen, at dog.hotel.hansen@gmail.com.
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