GUILTY VERDICT FOR ILLEGAL ANIMAL VENDORS AT SANTEE ALLEY, LOS ANGELES FASHION DISTRICT

“PEOPLE VS JUAN MENA AND NORMA PLUMA” CASE 3CA05336-01

JUAN MENA WAS FOUND GUILTY FOR ILLEGALLY SELLING ANIMALS UNDER 53.42 (a) LA MUNICIPAL CODE.

Due to his previous offenses, Juan Mena (who also had the restraining order from Santee Alley at the time of his arrest) is taken to jail. We had a pleasure of seeing him HANDCUFFED AND TAKEN AWAY.  The Judge ordered that he remain in jail for 5 days, until the sentencing on December 10.  Bail amount: $40.000!

NORMA PLUMA WAS FOUND GUILTY FOR BATTERY UNDER PENAL CODE 242, ANIMAL CRUELTY UNDER PENAL CODE 597.1(A), ILLEGAL ANIMAL SALES (RABBITS) UNDER 53.42 (a) LA MUNICIPAL CODE AND ILLEGAL ANIMAL SALES (TURTLES) UNDER LA MUNICIPAL CODE 53.42 (f)

For detailed information on Trial, please visit our Facebook Page.

This said, the SENTENCING for both JUAN MENA and NORMA PLUMA is scheduled for Tuesday, December 10 at 9:00 am at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center, 210 W. Temple Street (Between Broadway & Spring), 7th Floor, Division 54, Judge Lia Martin.  

 

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Urgent Help Needed with Medical Bills

  

Dear BWF Supporters,

URGENT HELP IS NEEDED WITH BWF MEDICAL BILLS & SPAY/NEUTER SURGERIES. DIRECT DONATIONS TO THE VET ARE TAX-DEDUCTIBLE & MOST APPRECIATED.

Bunny World Foundation (BWF) is an ALL-VOLUNTEER, NON-PROFIT 501(c)3 animal welfare organization with 150 volunteers/fosters working around the clock to save lives of Santee Alley (LA Fashion District) babies. Our volunteers are funding the care of their own fosters, providing supplies, and often paying for the surgeries and medical bills. BWF has NO staff. All of us have full-time jobs and are doing our very best to help the little ones. But our VET BILLS are piling up again and we need your help TODAY! 

Please consider donating DIRECTLY TO ANY OF THE VETS LISTED BELOW or donate to BWF directly.  The Santee Alley babies need you…

DIRECT TAX-DEDUCTIBLE DONATIONS via Givezooks or Paypal

DONATIONS TO BWF VETS:

All Pets Medical Center (818) 883-2600

Northwood Animal Hospital (949) 559-1992

Additional Spay/Neuter Surgeries & Molar Trims

NB: will only accept $100+ over the phone

Exotic Animal Care Center (626) 405-1777

San Roque Pet Hospital (805) 682-2647 

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

Bunnies on a mission to save the world, one human at a time! ~ The Bunny Lady (BWF)

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BWF Featured on NBC4, Investigation: Trafficking Sick Bunnies - 2013 Genesis Awards Winner

Thank you to all who supported us thus far! BWF has taken in almost 3000 un-weaned baby bunnies from Santee Alley since June 2008. We have an open door to the community and are eager to assist all unaware buyers who are lured into buying unweaned baby animals that in most cases die within a few days of purchase as they are not old enough make it without mother’s milk.  Please DO NOT buy these bunnies. They are NOT "dwarfs!" They are only BABIES and need MILK in order to survive!  Please help us keep up the good fight!

Here is the link to NBC4 I-TEAM VIDEO featuring Investigation Part 1: Bunny Traffickers Accused of Misleading Shoppers With Sickly Animals; and another link to NBC4 I-TEAM VIDEO featuring Investigation Part 2: Laws Meant to Curtail Illegal Sale of Bunnies Not Widely Known, Enforced

GENESIS AWARDS 2013 as reported by Los Angeles Times

Santee Alley Baby Bunnies *WON* the Genesis Award at the Humane Society of the United States!  Thank you Ana Garcia and Robbi Peele at NBC LA  for re-establishing our fate in Investigative Journalism. For those who have missed the EIGHT piece investigation by Ana Garcia Team, please visit NBC LA Investigations and watch the illegal animal traffickers in action.

Unfortunately, illegal sale / purchase of animals in Santee Alley & Los Angeles Fashion District against city and state ordinances continue. For more info about Ordinance No. 181851 & SB 917 (LIEU), please visit BWF Advocacy page  and send a letter to those who have the power to enforce the very ordinances that they established.