Hello all,

For the record, I am the person that deleted all of the bickering comments that were previously posted. I understand that this topic is very difficult for some to understand, however, this forum did not seem to me to be an appropriate venue.

Best Friends recieved an email containing some fair questions regarding Kelly Gaunce and our efforts going forward. I left the name out, but will answer the questions to the best of my ability.

"Are you guys trying to find out what happened to the pets that did go to this woman?"

We are doing our very best to find out were our dogs are. If in the course of our work, we come across information on dogs from other groups, we will be happy to pass that along. The difficulty we have run into is that Kelly has been less than honest, and very uncooperative. By her own admission she does not keep records.

"Is there some sort of follow up?" Best Friends Animal Society always follows up on the status of the animals. All of our animals are microchipped and registered to the sanctuary. We had been attempting to follow up with Kelly for months. After recieving ambiguous and open ended replies we pressed harder and found it more difficult to contact her. After recieving three similar complaints from independent sources, we decided to travel to Kelly's home with one of our Dog Trainers and one of our Attorneys. Shortly there after we posted the above notice.

"This is so sad to hear. What do you think happened to the pets sent to her?" This has been very sad for a good many people and a good number of innocent dogs. We suspect that some of the dogs went into good homes. We know that some of them did not. The process was very hit or miss. Some of the reports suggest that if some one showed interest in a dog, Kelly would just hand them the leash and be on her way. We know that she advertised dogs "free to good homes" on the internet. We know that a couple of the dogs were adopted into inappropriate homes and when local Animal Control called on Kelly, she refused to take any responsibilty or make any effort to provide information that may have saved the dogs lives.