Animal abusers await decision on appeal

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source: http://thechronicleherald.ca/NovaScotia/1165749.html

UPDATE :

The Appeal was dismissed Docket: Dig No. 310791

Source CBC

Digby Court Pretrial : May 18th 2010 --> trial is set for Oct 19-26 2010

In case you missed it:

Meet King -->Another dead puppy

From September 18, 08

Yet another family who had been hurt by Gail Benoit & Dana Bailey;
As the news story states -the family's 13 yr old daughter found King on line. ... they paid 200$. With in 24 hrs King became sick. They took it to a vet who confirmed that he had the deadly PARVO virus! Here is their sad story.

An other Facebook Group

There seems to be alot of facebook groups in regards to Gail Benoit and Dana Bailey! This one seems to be a bit the most active right and up to date.

There is a HUGE public outcry to stop Gail Benoit and Dana Baileyr from selling any more sick dying dogs !!

Facebook Group w/ 840 members and growing.



One memeber points out-
"Let's hope this happens in this case:
Ontario judge bans woman from owning dogsOntario Justice of the Peace Angela Renaud has ordered a lifetime dog ownership ban for a 20-year-old Windsor, Ont. woman. Armstrong is accused of failing to treat her pets in a humane manner and provide basic necessities after two dogs were found starved to death during an investigation by the Ontario SPCA.Amanda Armstrong received a $1,000 fine and was ordered the lifetime ban after pleading guilty to two counts of animal cruelty. Armstrong, who is being prosecuted under the provincial Dog Owners’ Liability Act, is the first to receive a sentence of this kind.The Windsor Essex County Humane Society issued a summons to Armstrong’s home earlier this year after discovering seven dogs living in deplorable conditions"

Update on Gail Benoit & Dana Bailey

Please be aware that the mini van has been traded 2 Grand Pre - 1 white and 2nd one -red :






Gail gave the world the invite "after its all said and done" to her home to see where she keeps the puppys. It came out in court the puppies are not kept in the house, but in the dark cold shed.

Gail threatens Esther VIA anonymous To: winniepooh345@hotmail.com

So this is a small taste of how Gail and Dana's 'Puppys R US' conducts business........

Esther was one of the unlucky ones who puppy passed after buying from "Cruella". Esther went on CTV news with her story-you can watch it here- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYnBHPr_qJY

Even though Gail posted her threats from 'anonymous.co.za' she was dumb enough to threaten Esther if she was ever to go to the news again & then even dumber to sign it "curella " !!! Which has been an inside joke with her and the facebook groups.


from http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?topic=6177&post=24908&uid=23438942402#post24908

*****snipp
email sent anonymously from www.anonymous.co.zaFrom: noreply@anonymous.co.za You may not know this sender.Mark as safeMark as unsafe Sent: November 25, 2008 12:33:02 PM To: winniepooh345@hotmail.com

You better shut your fucking mouth before i smack you up aside the head bitch. you call ctv about my busines again you will be in big shit . sued ... you tell anyone about my dogds and friends dogs your in trouble!!!!!!!!!!!!!! fuck u curella

*****snipp
another email from curella email sent anonymously from www.anonymous.co.zaFrom: noreply@anonymous.co.za You may not know this sender.Mark as safeMark as unsafe Sent: November 25, 2008 12:47:01 PM To: winniepooh345@hotmail.com

that is right bitch put it on your fucking wall slut.

*****snipp
anonymously from www.anonymous.co.zaFrom: noreply@anonymous.co.za You may not know this sender.Mark as safeMark as unsafe Sent: November 25, 2008 12:50:17 PM To: winniepooh345@hotmail.com

you need to bleach out the nicoteen in your hair, and grow sum teeth. you jealous bitch, jealous of big black cock you dunt get every night like me.

*****snipp
and another threatemail sent anonymously from www.anonymous.co.zaFrom: noreply@anonymous.co.za You may not know this sender.Mark as safeMark as unsafe Sent: November 25, 2008 12:52:39 PM To: winniepooh345@hotmail.com

you need a good visit . then see if you can type ever again.

*****snipp
email sent anonymously from www.anonymous.co.zaFrom: noreply@anonymous.co.za You may not know this sender.Mark as safeMark as unsafe Sent: November 25, 2008 12:55:11 PM To: winniepooh345@hotmail.com

tell wk croft he is a liar basturd and needs to fuck off too

*****snipp
another threatemail sent anonymously from www.anonymous.co.zaFrom: noreply@anonymous.co.za You may not know this sender.Mark as safeMark as unsafe Sent: November 25, 2008 12:57:34 PM To: winniepooh345@hotmail.com

shall we have tea wednesday morning? I will bring u a big cup of parvo!!!!!!!!!

Facebook

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=23438942402
** there have been many facebook groups for this casue; this is one on of the last active groups.

Funny how all news storys are no longer at the links? Alot of this information had to be pulled from google cache and other blogers who captured the stories.

Kijiji warnings about this couple go up and down as fast, their ads are still there. So beware!!

Puppies’ Brief Lifespan Triggers Investigation in Canada

http://network.bestfriends.org/truth/news/27767.html

August 5, 2008 : 10:34 AM
A case against buying a puppy out of the back of a van Animal shelters in the US, Canada and many other countries are overflowing with wonderful dogs waiting for their own forever home. Meanwhile, people will unknowingly purchase what they believe is a healthy, adorable puppy from the back of a van in a parking lot.One business in Nova Scotia, known as “Puppies R Us” is currently registered with the Nova Scotia Registry Joint Sock Companies. Dana Bailey owns the company and is the business partner of Gail Benoit. Ms. Benoit sells and then delivers puppies to the unsuspecting buyers. The way businesses like Puppies R Us operate is that puppies are advertised by the seller, boasting they will deliver the puppy to you in a mutually convenient location, which will most likely be a local parking lot. This offer to “deliver” gives the buyer the impression that they are receiving special treatment when it is actually a clever way for the seller to keep you from seeing their facilities.Unfortunately, selling puppies in the parking lot by advertising online or in the newspaper or in a pet shop is a legal in many areas and is often times a very lucrative business. Mrs. Esther Smith of Earltown, Colchester County, paid Gail Benoit $500 for a miniature dachshund puppy that died 10 hours after she picked it up in a Windsor parking lot. It was reported that Ms. Benoit purchased 27 puppies at $125 each from a puppy seller in New Brunswick who advertised the puppies on the internet. Six of the puppies died shortly after being purchased from Ms. Benoit. A seventh puppy treated by a veterinarian is expected to make a full recovery.An SPCA investigator in Nova Scotia is gathering information to determine if the puppies sold last week had been properly taken care of before they were purchased and then sold by Ms. Benoit. Two other businesses, Chapman Kennels in Kilburn, N.B., near Perth-Andover, and RCMP are being investigated in connection with this case.Ms. Benoit and her common law spouse are already facing animal cruelty charges after the SPCA seized puppies from their home in Roxville, Digby County, Nova Scotia last October. For the full story click here: http://thechronicleherald.ca/NovaScotia/1070207.html


*** comments****

October 28, 2008 at 6:02 PMposted by: dogkisser
There's a couple inaccuracies in the story - Gail Benoit bought 27 puppies from Chapman Kennels in Kilburn, New Brunswick - and all but 5 of them died - so 19 of the 27 puppies died of parvo.As well - the only ones being investigated in this case is Gail Benoit and Dana Bailey - and Chapman Kennels. The RCMP are not being investigated - they are the ones doing the investigating - they are the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.Chapman Kennels have since shut down - they had 425 dogs to get rid of - which they said they sold some, gave some away - and KILLED 175 of them!!! They killed 175 dogs - and this fact got no media coverage at all.I have a web page built to gather information about Gail Benoit at http://dogkisser.ca/gail_benoit.html

Dog lover calls dead puppies bad business

BY JEANNE WHITEHEAD, TRANSCONTINENTAL MEDIA The Nova Scotia Business Journal
DIGBY – A month ago, Esther Smith was checking the Kijiji website often, in search of a miniature dachshund. Now she searches the site for people who may be in the market for puppies–and fires off emails warning them about a Roxville couple, Gail Benoit and Dana Bailey.
Smith was one of six Maritimers whose puppies died days–or hours–after leaving the hands of Benoit. Smith said she had never heard of Benoit before July, and in spite of widespread publicity since about the puppies’ deaths, she is receiving emails from puppy lovers saying they hadn’t been following the news, and thanking her for her warnings.
Following a CTV News report about the death of Smith’s puppy, “Gail Benoit was in tears and accused me of ruining her business.” Smith says her intention is to ensure that no one else ever purchases a sick or dying puppy.
Smith paid $500 for the the miniature dachshund, exchanging money for the dog in the parking lot of a McDonald’s restaurant in Windsor. She quickly named the pup ‘Cinni’, and said she was told by Benoit that the pup was 10 weeks old.
However, its New Brunswick breeder, Naomi Chapman, says the puppy was born June 2 and therefore would not have been 10 weeks old until Aug. 11–had it lived. Chapman of Kilburn, N.B., says Benoit and Bailey bought 27 puppies from her in early July.
Nova Scotia’s SPCA has heard from seven people–in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and P.E.I.–who subsequently bought miniature dachshunds, Pomeranians and Yorkies from Benoit. Six of those puppies died shortly after their new owners took them home.
In an interview with CTV television, Bailey said that he and Benoit were also victims because 12 puppies died before they could sell them. The Roxville couple told Grant those puppies are buried on their property. In an interview with the Courier, Harry Chapman said his wife was selling all her animals and closing down her operation, which she established in 2003, after being charged by the SPCA with ‘failure to provide adequate care.’ Pet shops severed their ties with her when they got wind of that charge.
Chapman defended his wife’s business ethics. He said her animals were well provided for and she had four full time people and two part-time employees caring for 200 breeding females and their puppies. Chapman said that when Benoit and Bailey came to their operation, his wife told them the puppies they wanted were too young to leave their mothers. In fact, ‘Cinni’—the miniature dachshund sold to Smith—was just four weeks old and still suckling.
Last October, the SPCA arrived at the couple’s Roxville property with a warrant and 10 puppies were seized and the couple was charged with animal cruelty. That charge is before the courts. While the SPCA is investigating the possibility of parvovirus causing the deaths of the most recent batch of Benoit puppies, inadequate nutrition combined with immature immune systems may have been contributing factors.
Digby veterinarian Dr. Neil Pothier said he recently treated a toy Pomeranian that had been sold by Benoit. It was suffering from hypoglycemia–a condition that can lead to death in young animals. Toy breeds are particularly susceptible to the hypoglycemia. Stress, low body temperature, poor nutrition, and sudden changes in feed, water and schedule patterns may trigger hypoglycemia in young pups. Pothier says pups should never be taken from their mothers before they are six weeks of age, and people should never buy animals in parking lots. – Digby Courier

Kijiji Ads by Benoit

http://www.thechronicleherald.ca/Front/9007736.html

Puppy seller investigated in deaths


A Digby woman already facing animal cruelty charges is now being investigated by the SPCA for selling dying puppies.

Roger Joyce, chief provincial inspector with the SPCA in Nova Scotia, said Friday his agency, along with the RCMP and the SPCA in New Brunswick are investigating the sale of seven unhealthy puppies within the past two weeks.

He said four of the six dead puppies are being autopsied in Truro and a seventh is “hanging on” in a veterinary clinic in Prince Edward Island.

Four of the owners say they bought the puppies from a woman they now know as Gail Benoit, and who is already facing animal cruelty charges laid by the SPCA in Digby provincial court last year.

Ms. Benoit said Friday she was “roped in” by a puppy seller in New Brunswick where she purchased the dogs, and that she “had no indication” they were sick when she sold them.

“He had tons of dogs,” she said when reached briefly by cell phone Friday. “He had a good deal on the computer. I’ve got nothing else to say.”

Esther Smith of Earltown, Colchester County, said her husband and friend wanted to surprise her with a miniature dachshund which died 10 hours after she picked it up in a Windsor parking lot Wednesday morning.

“At first I was so sad. But now, I’m so angry,” Ms. Smith said Friday.

She said Ms. Benoit, driving in a van with the words Puppies R Us, handed her the dog wrapped in a curtain, saying she needed to be kept warm because she’d just had a bath. She paid $500 and the woman left.

“I was devastated when I opened the curtain. There was nothing to her. She was thin and too docile for a puppy.”

The animal lover cuddled the puppy she named Cinni Girl and fell in love during the three-hour drive home. Once home, the puppy wouldn’t eat and drank only a little water.

Ms. Smith called a veterinarian and made an appointment for Thursday, but the puppy died Wednesday evening.

Three other owners reached Friday described similar situations of making contact with Ms. Benoit online and arranging to meet in public parking lots to purchase Yorkshire terriers and Pomeranians for between $500 and $650. All described the puppies they received as being tiny, frail and lethargic. Most received paperwork, including veterinary reports stating the dogs had been examined.

Della Despres of Shediac, N.B., purchased her Yorkshire terrier for $550 last Saturday at 5:30 p.m. It died two days later.

Her husband, who picked the puppy up in a parking lot in Elmsdale, noticed it was lethargic but thought it was just car sick. It vomited a few times during the drive home. It wouldn’t eat and had diarrhea throughout the night.

“When I got up in the morning, she was going downhill, so I took her to the veterinarian and they put her on IV fluids.” That was Sunday and the dog died the next evening.

“It was so sad to see,” Ms. Despres said.

Sandy Reed of Lantz, Hants County, got her Pomeranian puppy in an Elmsdale parking lot for $650 last Monday.

Ms. Reed asked about the puppy’s condition, in particular that its head seemed to be flopping around. She said Ms. Benoit told her the dog was car sick and that she had to give it something for motion sickness.

“When we got home, it wouldn’t use the bathroom, it wouldn’t eat.” The dog died the next day.

“I’m really upset, I’m still upset,” said Ms. Reed who has shed more than a few tears this week. “I’m hurt.”

Another owner from Halifax, who did not want to be named, bought a Pomeranian for $500 at 3 p.m. July 18 in an Elmsdale parking lot. It was dead by 10 a.m. the next morning.

She had planned to take the dog to the veterinarian, and was holding it on her chest when it started convulsing, foaming at the mouth and shaking all over.

“Oh, the dear little thing.”

Mr. Joyce said the SPCA can’t comment much on the status of the investigation, but said the complaints are being taken very seriously.

Owners of the other two puppies live in Halifax and Yarmouth.

Ms. Benoit and her common-law spouse Dana Bailey are facing animal cruelty charges related to the SPCA seizing 10 pups over two days from their Roxville home last fall. That case is still before the courts.

Ms. Smith wants to hear from other people who have purchased sick and dying puppies. She can be reached by e-mail at loving_poohbear52@yahoo.com

Buyer beware of these 2

Mug Shots:

Uncanny Resemblance

Magic 94.9 Tells the Story on Gail Benoit

Gail Benoit speaks out on Kijiji

Better Business Bureau

If you have been scammed- please report it to the BBB

http://maritimeprovinces.bbb.org/WWWRoot/Report.aspx?site=156&bbb=0087&firm=22709

Business Contact and Profile
Name: Puppies R Us
Address: 11386 Hwy 217
Digby, NS B0V 1A0
File Open Date: October 2008
TOB Classification: Dog Breeders
BBB Accreditation: This company is not a BBB Accredited business.














Update : Esther Smith's case is "unresolved'

Animal Abuse Data Base

Dana Bailey -http://www.pet-abuse.com/profiles/8349/

Gender: Male
Location: Marshalltown, NS (CA)
History

Oct 26, 2007 - Digby, NS (CA)
Alleged: Puppies neglected, 10 seized

Nov 23, 2000 - Marshalltown, NS (CA)
Alleged: 3 starving, hypothermic dogs seized from yard

Puppys R Us : Buyers beware

Buyers beware:

If you where to google any of the names in question - Dana or Gail, you will be provided with tons of google cache of kijiji warnings. It is a shame that they are removed. It only allows for more people to be scammed into buying a sick pup. It seems that this is more wide spreed as you can find ads as far as St.Johns NFLD. I have included a few screen shots of kijiji users warning others to stay clear of Gail Benoit & Dana Bailey. How many people need to be ripped of and abused by this company before the powers that be step in and take away their rights to own, sell or have animals in their care!

Seems to be some dirty tricks going on ......

Me and my Dogs Blog Halifax NS

Alot of great info here - Information Compiled about Gail Benoit and Dana Bailey

http://dogkisser.ca/gail_benoit.html

Buyer beware: Do you know where Fido is from? More Benoit in the news

http://www.halifaxnewsnet.ca/index.cfm?sid=160044&sc=611
Dog activists call for legislation to outlaw 'evil' puppy mills and websites 'rife with backyard breeders'

A lot of eyes were opened with news of the deaths of several puppies sold from the back of a van around the province, some within hours of arriving at their new homes.

These particular pups came from Puppies R Us, a Digby-based business run by Gail Benoit. She has been the subject of numerous complaints in the past, but these particular puppy deaths seemed to have touched a nerve. Eight of the nine pups she sold in parking lots from the back of her van recently were dead within a matter of days. These were sickly, lethargic young dogs, the product of an evil known as the puppy mill. These are assembly-line breeding factories with deplorable practices and much animal cruelty.

A friend of mine, shocked at the news of the puppies' deaths, told me she thought these things only existed in Quebec or Ontario.

She now knows better. We all do.

Janet Chernin of Halifax has been sounding the puppy mill alarm for years. She's been a long-time dog activist and is a member of the Dog Legislation Council, an advocate group for, among other things, a ban on puppy mills.

She says there's no legislation today, provincially or federally, making puppy mills illegal so the operations thrive producing what she calls "sub-standard" animals.

Not only is it legal for anyone to sell puppies from the back of vehicles in mall parking lots, your first clue by the way that something's not quite right about the whole situation, but pet-store dogs are also generally the product of a puppy mill or back-yard breeder.

Chernin says people buying new pets this way "don't know what they're getting. These people are selling sub-standard animals. It's just pathetic."

The SPCA is supposed to deal with these puppy factories, but Chernin says they don't have the resources to handle it all. She says it means people like Gail Benoit can continue to sell pups despite complaint after complaint about their operations. They can even take out newspaper classifieds offering the puppies for sale.

Chernin is also alarmed the Internet site Kijiji offers dogs for sale. The website offers a variety of local goods, similar to the classifieds, but Chernin says its parent company, E-Bay, will "not allow animals to be brokered and sold." Kijiji, she says, is "just rife with backyard breeders."

Chernin, who has had more than a few run-ins over SPCA policies, does blame the organization for not being vocal enough in demanding government action. She says it's "just madness" there's no legislation to stop the back-yard breeders from selling, at prices in the hundreds of dollars, dogs of dubious heritage.

Chernin recommends Canadian Kennel Club registered breeders if you want a true purebred dog. If a mutt's your fancy, the local animal shelters are overflowing. Those dogs have all been given a clean bill of health.

As long as folks are willing to pay top dollar for a puppy from the back of a van, and until the provincial government has the courage to step forward and ban these mostly rural operations, Nova Scotia's puppy mills will continue to churn out these poor little animals.

Buyer beware!

Autopsies: Parvovirus killed pups

http://thechronicleherald.ca/NovaScotia/1072925.html

Digby woman insists they were healthy when she sold them
By MARY ELLEN MacINTYRE Truro Bureau

Autopsies on four puppies who died shortly after being sold by a Digby puppy broker last month show three died of parvovirus. The cause of the fourth puppy’s death was undetermined.

"The investigation into this case is certainly continuing," Darrell Smith, chairman of the SPCA’s investigations committee, said Wednesday in a telephone interview.

Mr. Smith confirmed the results of the autopsies that were performed on the animals. Parvovirus is a highly contagious canine illness that is often fatal in young dogs.

Alarms were raised late last month after four separate individuals paid between $500 and $650 to Gail Benoit of Digby County in return for the puppies. The little dogs died within days, and in some cases, hours after they were purchased.

Ms. Benoit, who faces unrelated animal cruelty charges brought against her last year by the SPCA, said she bought the puppies from a New Brunswick-based seller.

"If the puppies got any parvo, I’ll tell you one thing, it didn’t come from here," Ms. Benoit said in a phone interview. "Those puppies were healthy when I sold them.

"You guys shouldn’t be harassing me. . . . You should go after the puppy mills because I just buy and sell."

Mr. Smith said Wednesday the owners of Chapman Kennels have been notified of the autopsy results.

The kennel held a sale on puppies last month and Ms. Benoit and her husband, Dana Bailey, of Puppies R Us purchased 27 puppies of various breeds from the kennel.

It is believed Ms. Benoit and her husband paid $125 to the kennel for each puppy.

It’s not known if all 27 puppies were sold.

Ms. Benoit continues to advertise the sale of puppies on Internet sites.

One Charlottetown, P.E.I., woman agreed to talk about a recent purchase she almost made from Ms. Benoit and her husband on Aug. 6. But she doesn’t want to be identified.

"I feel too foolish. . . . I didn’t even read any of the stories about the puppy deaths," she said in a telephone interview from Charlottetown.

The woman made contact with Ms. Benoit after she read an advertisement on Kijiji for a teddy bear-faced Maltese puppy.

"The picture online was so cute," she said. "The puppy was in a straw basket with big sunflowers and it was hard to resist.

"I had agreed to meet her at the ferry wharf in Pictou County and I was going to pay $900 for the puppy."

Ms. Benoit and her husband drove up in a van with a Puppies R Us decal on the side, the woman said.

Ms. Benoit "pulled the puppy out of her purse and put her on my knees and it just looked sick," the woman said.

The puppy had glazed eyes, dirty feet and did not look healthy.

When she expressed her concerns, she said Ms. Benoit handed over vaccination papers.

"I called the office for the veterinarian and the person who answered the phone was very leery and asked me if the papers were photocopied," she said.

"I told her they were and she asked me, ‘Don’t you read the papers’ and then told me ‘Red light.’ "

Although the woman said she told Ms. Benoit she didn’t want to buy the dog, the seller offered to lower the purchase price.

"I had my little nine-year-old sister with me and she was beginning to cry because this woman was so insistent and because my little sister wanted the puppy," said the Charlottetown woman.

"Finally, this guy flew out of the van and started screaming at me," she said.

She alleges Mr. Bailey cursed at her repeatedly.

"They then got in the van and stormed off and I called the SPCA and reported what happened, but it wasn’t until I got home and Googled her name that I found out about the dead puppies," she said.

When asked about the incident Wednesday, Ms. Benoit called out to her husband.

"She was saying you cursed at her," she yelled. Mr. Bailey could be heard denying he had ever cursed at the woman on the wharf.

Meanwhile, Mr. Smith confirmed a report on the incident had been filed with his office.

"Look, this is big business and there is a lot of money to be made if people keep buying this way," he said.

"You can always adopt a puppy at the SPCA or an older dog."

Puppy seller faces slew of charges

Woman allegedly attacked SPCA officer during raid at Digby County home

By BRIAN MEDEL Yarmouth Bureau
Tue. Dec 11 - 5:53 AM

Gail Ruth Benoit is now charged with assaulting an SPCA officer, obstructing police and damaging government property. She also faces animal cruelty charges. (BRIAN MEDEL / Yarmouth Bureau)

DIGBY — A Digby County woman accused of failing to care for several puppies at her home is now also charged with assaulting an SPCA officer, obstructing police and damaging government property.

Court documents allege Gail Ruth Benoit, 38, assaulted SPCA special constable Nancy Noel on Oct. 24.

Ms. Benoit and her common-law husband, Dana Bailey, were in court Monday to get their case adjourned until February so their lawyer can have more time to examine the Crown’s evidence. The couple also face a number of animal cruelty charges stemming from raids on their Roxville home in October, when SPCA staff armed with a search warrant seized a total of 10 puppies over two days.

SPCA officials confirmed in October that tests done on the animals revealed they had an intestinal virus that could be linked to unsanitary living conditions.

RCMP officers ended up arresting Ms. Benoit on the second day of the seizures, Oct. 26, and removed her from her bungalow. They placed her in the back of a police car where she rocked back and forth and shouted obscenities while the puppies were collected. Mr. Bailey was not home.

On Monday, the couple left Digby provincial court by a side door.

Ms. Benoit walked to her mini-van behind her husband, making occasional rude gestures.

"The truth will be known in the end," she said before jumping into the van.

Several people have contacted the Nova Scotia SPCA to say they’ve purchased puppies from Ms. Benoit, and some complaints have been lodged, said SPCA special constable Sean Kelly, who was in court Monday.