From:Â Toni Shroyer
Date: Fri, Jul 21, 2023 at 10:22 PM
Subject: Animal neglect etc on Binford Rd This evening 7.21.2023
To:Â [email protected]Â <[email protected]>
Dear Mr. Stapp,
Below are the three photos I texted you tonight about the ongoing abuse/neglect of animals on Binford Rd Novato. The MHS station for free vaccinations etc. each month is nice, but MHS needs to do the uncomfortable work that is desperately needed on Binford Rd to stop animal neglect/abuse. Each vehicle should be looked in and searched for animal welfare. If the resident is on parole, which I am told many are, this can be done with the MCSD.
I would like to thank Bridgette from your office who was able to confiscate the exotic birds that were in a camper in the scorching heat earlier this month after I reported it to the MHS for the second time. The inhabitable filthy, squalor-like trailer that held the birds, while they were in your care, was towed. Now the man who owned the birds either has the same birds that the MHS had OR he got new ones. I believe they are the same birds. They have no shelter, no awning to protect them from the heat or have air conditioning and I could not determine if they had water or food. This man has so much hoarding in his car that I am told he is being bitten by rats while he sleeps in his vehicle. Rats come out in the evening in the road where they look like leaves in the dark from his hoarding/junk pile on the wetlands. The “bird man” will drive his black suburban full of debris while rat urine stench permeates the air. The county is allowing this man to live in filth, squalor and inhumane conditions. I feel so badly for him and his birds. The Board of Supervisors know this man is being attacked by rats, yet they allowing his living conditions.
Earlier this year a small dog was weaving in and out of traffic on Binford Rd and was brought into MHS for safety by a friend. It just keeps going….
The second photo is of the dog who is tied to the bread truck (Colorado Plates) every time I drive down Binford Rd. This poor dog has been tied out in the rain earlier this year and has crawled under the bread truck for weeks trying to get shade. I have photo documented all of it. I have called MHS three times this year and was told the dog “was fine.” Today, Deputy Russo told me it is against the law to tie a dog to an object.
The third photo is of two dogs charging cars, teeth barred, as vehicles drive down the 55-mph road. The black dog is off leash, and the skinny and underfed German Shepherd was tied to a vehicle, unattended, where he/she could run into the road. My friend called over the weekend to MHS about the skinny German Shephard. He’s still on Binford.
Every level of our government, except for the MCSD, has failed the people, the environment/wetlands and the animals on Binford Road.
My family and I have adopted and rescued animals no one would take. I am truly an animal lover. I am a member of PETA and will be calling them on Monday to see how they can help with the situation on Binford Rd as I don’t feel MHS is adequately addressing the problem. I am tired of calling and emailing MHS about Binford Rd. PETA is great with media coverage and protests. Perhaps before that happens, we can all have a plan of action on how to better help the animals on Binford Road. Again, I appreciate your monthly Thursday services for Binford Rd residents, but there is much more to be done by the MHS for animal welfare.
On a positive note, Deputy Russo is very kind and professional when I called tonight about my complete frustrations and concerns about the birds who have been gasping for air and chirping madly in distress being tossed back on Binford Rd in inhuman and vile conditions.
I am hopeful you will confiscate the birds again—I will find them homes so they won’t go back to Binford AGAIN– and you will confiscate the dog tied to the bread truck (what a horrible life) and remove the two dogs who are running into the road— so they don’t get violently killed and flattened by a car driving 55 mph or more. Please see that the German Shepherd is fed.
I am also here to help. My family has trucks, and we can load animals to safety.
Respectfully,
Toni Shroyer
