Complaint Review: THE KRIS KELLY FOUNDATION - BEVERLY HILLS California
- THE KRIS KELLY FOUNDATION 9903 Santa Monica Blvd., #474 BEVERLY HILLS, California USA
- Phone: 310) 989-8800
- Web: http://thekriskellyfoundation.org/
- Category: Unusual Rip-Off
THE KRIS KELLY FOUNDATION KRIS KELLY COLLECTING FUNDS FOR DOG NOT IN HER RESCUE BEVERLY HILLS California
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I had my very first contact with Kris Kelly when she called my cell phone after work. A group of fellow animal rescuers had been involved in trying to get a dog who was chained under a junk yard car freed. Kris Kelly had been networking the dog as well but in no way did she say the dog was going to be taken in by THE KRIS KELLY FOUNDATION. In 48 hours myself and fellow advocates had the dog freed from the chains using bolt cutters, transportd to a vet and fully vetted (meaning vaccines, fecal test, neuter, bathed, boarding overnight, etc) our vet bill was $400. Come to find out, she had gotten in contact with the person who actually had found the dog and told her the dog could go to HER trainer for "free." We didnt think the dog needed training and wanted hm to just relax and go to his adoptive home but since it was "free" we said ok.
The dog was then transported from the vet to the training facilty where we were advised the cost would be $60 PER DAY. We had just paid his vet bill (with only $50 donated directly to the vet) so we had no funds to pay for training. We advised the trainer that we would have his adoptive parents pick him up that night. That's when I got the call from Kris Kelly. First she asked me "what's going on with the hound" I said "you mean Kanoa?" She said "oh the dog has a name already?" So rude. I then proceeded to ask her "Oh so are you the rescue that is backing this dog?" She said "absolutely NOT."Second she began going on and on asking ME about how we are going to pay the trainer. I said that we ddnt have the funds to pay so the dog is being picked up tonight and going to his adoptive home (the adopter of course was fully screened, home checked and is a close friend). She started screaming at me about what a "sloppy rescue" this was and was going on and on. I said if you are not backing this dog and we dont have the funds for a trainer why would you have us take the dog there? She had no response other than to blame me for everything and say this isnt how we do rescues. I am not even sure why she got involved, she had no contact whatsoever with a dog but thought it was ok to boss everyone around and have the dog go to a trainer which we were told was free. She ended up hanging up on me.
Two hours later, we looked on her Facebook page and she posted her PAYPAL account asking for DONATIONS for the dog. She also told my fellow advocate that she "wasn't goig to release the dog from training." I had to send her texts stating that the dog was chipped to me, therefore legally my dog and if she caused any problems with the dog being picked up I would go there personally with police. This woman latches herself onto any rescue that is "high profile" or getting a lot of publicity and then adds her name and her paypal address to get donations. She is the rudest woman I have ever spoken to in rescue. The fact that we (just regular people NOT a rescue) had the dog off the chains and fully vetted in 48 hours is NOT SLOPPY. I cannot believe she posted asked for money. She knew the dog was being picked up that night and had zero involvment in his vet bill. Since this happened I have spoken to many people all who say the same thing, she latches onto rescues to try to get publicity or one person told me she donated and has been trying to find out where the money went or what vet the dog had seen. She also told my fellow advocate that they had $30,000 in open vet bills to pay. I'm pretty sure she is just trying to get any donations she can get at this point but people pledge and donate for specific dogs not just an open general vet bill that no one knows what the charges are for. I also think it's very shady that she has people dontate via her paypal account - if she has such a huge vet bill then people should be able to contact the vet directly to make a donation. She should be an open book. Either way, we are very happy that the dog is now in a very loving home and is well taken care of. I would never contact Kris Kelly again or have anything to do with her foundation at this point on.
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