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INFO ON WILD ANIMAL ORPHANAGE-WAO
NEW UNEXPECTED DEVELOPMENTS
WAO UNDERWENT ANOTHER CHANGE, REVERTED BACK TO ITS OLD
WAYS Editorial, May 8, 2010
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NEWS:
Bye Bye Bubba San Antonio Current, By
Callie Enlow, 5/31/2010
WAO: Still a Family Affair SA Current,
By Callie Enlow, 5/8/2010
According to the above article, BOD member Michelle "Cryer
plans to put the savings from the firings toward animal food, at least a $15,000
per month expense".
However,
WAO 2008 Tax return 990 (Part IX, 24a) claims a
total of only $88,071 spent for Animal Care/Vets/Food, that is $7,339.25 per
month for food AND veterinarian combined. In addition, WAO is currently
enrolled in a program in which, for a $100 dollar a month membership fee, they
get thousands of free meat from the local supermarkets. WAO has around 400-500
animals, some of them are small, not 700 animals as this article claims.
Michelle Cryer is married to the WAO's acting director Jamie
Cryer, who is also WAO's driver. |
NEWS:
In-fighting, unpaid bills leave wildlife sanctuary endangered
5/7/2010
VIDEO
New Leadership's Press:
Emergency
Situation at Wild Animal Orphanage Jamie
Cryer, 05/05/2010
Jamie Cryer Salary as WAO Driver
December 2008-June 2009 (see yellow column)
WAO Transportation Log Mississippi, 2006-2008
US DOT (U.S. Department of Transportation) and WAO
settlement regarding various federal carrier and hazardous material violations
2009
Jamie Cryer, Acting Director Background Check
Jamie Cryer, Acting Director Criminal Records Search
Michelle Deanna Anthony Cryer, WAO BOD, Criminal Records
Search
NEWS:
Volunteers at Wild Animal Orphanage locked out of own
building 05/01/2010
WAO BOD MEETING MINUTES 4/30/2010
WAO BOD Emails, Sumner Matthes & Nicole Garcia
04/8/2010
Sherwood Resignation Email 3/18/2010
WAO BOD Emails, Sumner Matthes & Nicole Garcia
10/30/2009
Letter Sent to Texas Attorney General Regarding WAO
By Kristina Brunner, 10/09/2009
Letter Sent to Texas Attorney General Regarding WAO
By Kristina Brunner, 07/30/2009
Cindy Carroccio, ex BOD, resignation
2007
Expose of WILD ANIMAL ORPHANAGE-WAO
(Lately known as "Animal
Sanctuary of the United States")
WAO website
Back to
Hypocritical Exotic and Wild Animal Sanctuaries
Before donating money or placing your pets in a sanctuary or a
rescue, always ask for references and check for credibility (better safe than
sorry). Donors should check the organization's tax return (IRS 990) to see where
the sanctuary receives its funds and how much actually goes towards the animals
(ie. food, vet care, and new enclosurers). Good resources are
ActivistCash,
Charity Navigator,
iGive,
GuideStar, etc...
Donors may also want to check to see if the sanctuary is a member
of the BBB
Charity Wise Giving.
What is a True Exotic Animal Sanctuary?
By Zuzana Kukol, September 2008
Unedited Version HERE
USDA Inspection
Reports
July 1, 2009 Leslie road facility
December 18, 2008
Leslie road facility
December
9, 2008 Leslie road
facility
January
2, 2008
Talley road facility
January
1, 2008
Leslie road facility
September
18, 2007
Leslie road facility
September
18, 2007 Talley road facility
June
26, 2007
Talley road facility
April
24, 2006
Leslie road facility
WAO-USDA Settlement Agreement
2007
WAO-USDA Settlement Agreement
2005
WAO Income Tax Statement - form 990
year 2007
WAO Income Tax Statement - form 990
year 2006
WAO
Income Tax Statement - form 990, 2nd version, year 2005
WAO
Income Tax Statement - form 990, 1st version, year 2005
Carol Asvestas Rental Issues
December 2007
Animal Planet’s “Growing Up Lion” – Was There
a Happy End? 12/21/2008
USDA Report on
Death of REX
Alleged Missing or Dead ASUS/WAO Animals
OPERATION SAVE "BUBBA" - WAO White Tiger
Listed below are three Civil Investigative Demands (CID) issued by the Texas
Office of Attorney General to the ASUS/WAO:
CID: August 9, 2006
CID:
November 16, 2007
CID:
April 16, 2008
Listed above are
three Civil Investigative Demands (CID) issued by the Texas Office of Attorney
General to the ASUS/WAO.
What is a CID, you may ask? Well, essentially a CID (in this case) is a request
for documents by the charitable trust division of the attorney generalʼs office
when investigating a suspected violation of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices
Act.
You may also ask, does the ASUS/WAO need to respond to the CIDs?
Answer: Yes--the law states that a person
shall comply with the terms of the CID unless otherwise provided by a court
order. Also any person who, with intent to avoid compliance with a CID, is
guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine, confinement in jail, or possibly
both.
Finally, you may wonder what happens after the CIDs are investigated--what is
the next step. If the charitable trust division believes a violation of the
Deceptive Trade Practices Act has occurred, the division typically will try to
resolve the matter through an assurance of voluntary compliance (AVC). In an AVC,
the ASUS/WAO, for example, will agree to refrain from engaging in certain
conduct(s) or make restitution to financial donors. An AVC may also require the
payment of a fine or penalty (which in some cases have been substantial!).
If the investigation cannot be resolved through an AVC, then the charitable
trust division likely will file suit against the organization. In that
situation, the matter will proceed as any other case brought before a court.
We, at REXANO.org, hope this brief explanation into how CIDs work will help you
understand the three documents listed above. If you are interested in obtaining
records pertaining to this case, you may submit, in writing, an open records
request to the Texas Office of the Attorney General (see their website for
submission details
HERE.
TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality - Open Records
regarding WAO:
TCEQ: Investigation Report, WAO
TCEQ: WAO Response
TCEQ/Stericycle/WAO pickup
Carol (Cassidy) Asvestas and Ron Asvestas report on their
sanctuary cars' accident 2/19/2009 NEW
NEWS:
Wild
Animal Orphanage Seeks Fresh Start
10/14/2009
San Antonio Current
The Wao Files, Part III: Asvestas vs. Asvestas
10/15/2009
Lawsuit Legal Paperwork PDF
Phone call of the wild 10/7/2009
The WAO Files August 2009
San Antonio Lightning Newspaper
Changes At Critter Town 9/30/2009
Top
Cat At Wild Animal Orphanage Yowls 'Libel'
8/25/2009
Lawsuit filed by WAO against san Antonio Lightning
July 2009
Where Is Vivi's Body? Cause Of Death Kept Secret
7/17/2009
Vivi, The SA Tiger Is Dead 7/16/2009
WELCOME
TO ANIMAL AUSCHWITZ The Lyin' Queen,A Sequel, Embarrassed PETA Bails;More
Animals Vanishing,Monkeys Equal Money,SAL POLITICAL SNITCH SERIES PART ONE
- 1-6-2009
Lions, Tigers, Pigs Et Al; Animals Missing From Unfenced
SA Sanctuary A Witness Steps Forward 1-9-2008
AUDIO:
Carol and Ron Asvestas Explaining Missing Pigs
2007
Sumner D. Matthes, Vice President, ASUS/WAO Pig Email
2007
Pigs Update December 2007
Where are the 100+ WAO potbellied pigs?
December 2007
Animal Sanctuary Alleged Deaths
2004-2006
Tour Guide Says Hepatitis Claimed Movie Star Lion
November 2007
The 90 Pig Mystery: Secrets Of An Animal Welfare 'Angel'
Or Maybe Just Playing Another 'Angle?'- Investigations Swirl Around Wild Animal
Orphanage November 2007
Were Bexar County Pit Bulls Buried Alive?
10/2/2007
Note from Kristina M. Brunner (Former WAO Vice
President/Treasurer) regarding Pahrump and Henderson, NV exotic animal removal
in
PDF
and
MSDOC
- submitted to USDA and TX Attorney
General on July 27, 2007
-Photos and videos referenced in the
above document are in the gallery below
-Document
showing WAO
'In-house- veterinarian' was really
'Animal care
technician'
-Animal addition and losses at WAO's Talley
road facility: 12/19/2003 - 9/18/2006 in
PDF and
MSDOC
-USDA and TX Attorney General
CONTACT
Government Agencies Investigating Local Animal Sanctuary
- November 9, 2006
See
VIDEO
HERE
Note from Kristina M. Brunner (Former WAO Vice
President/Treasurer) in
PDF and
MSDOC-
January 17, 2006
See
PHOTOS
HERE
and
Animal deaths file
HERE
WAO
Staff Meeting - December 27, 2005
USDA/WAO Settlement agreement - January
2, 2005
WAO Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreement
Certification of Joe Fury - November 5,
2002
WAO: Crooked Agenda of an Animal Sanctuary -
various news and documents
Certification of Lilac Alfke
- August 30, 2002
Photos and Documents from Lilac's Testimony in the Table Below
(click on images to view full size)
ANIMAL WELFARE CHARGES BROUGHT AGAINST THE WILD ANIMAL
ORPHANAGE IN TEXAS - May 24, 1999
(See also March 5, 1999
USDA document)
Documentary of WAO's Pahrump and Henderson, Nevada 'rescues' in
2005
DISCLAIMER:
photos, images, videos and graphics are copyrighted, write us for
permission to use.
(click on images to view full size)
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Carol Asvestas of WAO getting ready to tranquilize black
leopard ONYX. All pictures and videos (except the last 3 rows) in this gallery were taken on March 1, 2005 in the
afternoon.
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Click on image to see the mpeg video of Carol Asvestas of
WAO unsuccessfully attempting to sedate a very scared black
leopard Onyx. |
 The animals in this NV facility were NOT used to crowds, so
no wonder they were terrified when they had to deal with
WAO's huge entourage of police, camera, AR activists, etc...
so it was very difficult to tranquilize them safely without
causing them any emotional stress. |
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After veterinary technician finally tranquilized the
terrified black leopard, Carol Asvestas was seen leaning on
his transport cage. The cage had a wire bottom and no tray.
(see next pictures for detail)
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 Even though it was a bright Nevada day, the WAO and
IFAW crew left the poor sedated animal unattended without
any protection from the weather elements (see shadows in the
photo.
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 As is usually the case, WAO and IFAW reported the animals
from this "rescue mission" to be mangy and skinny. But judge
for yourself: the only thing you see is the shiny black coat
of a well fed leopard covered with few pine shavings that
were used as a cage substrate. |
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WAO calls their trailer 'HUMANE TRAIN'
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 Another animal, a tiger, waking up from sedation, NOT
covered in feces as reported in the news by WAO and IFAW. |
 Even though the property owner requested for media not to be
present and WAO promised the owner not to have media there,
it turned out to be a BIG media circus with Sheriff's cars, news trucks and
satellite dishes. |
Cages with sedated animals were wheeled into the WAO trailer
on March 1, 2005. It was a tight fit, with no visible service access to
water and feed the animals. |
After tiger Sundance was sedated by the vet tech, he was
poked with a metal bar. Sedation can be very dangerous, even
fatal, to animals as well as humans undergoing surgery. |
Right after that Carol Asvestas and her veterinary
technician walked in the tiger cage. Many rescue crews
prefer to take more 'animal safe' approach and encourage the animals to move into the transporter
by way of food or favorite toy. |
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Tiger Sundance was born with club foot and eye deformity,
and few concerned people advised not to tranquilize and
transport this stranger/human-shy tiger as he might not make it. In
this video, you will see the policeman posing with his rifle
next to sedated 'Sundance' , while Carol Asvestas of WAO
stands above. Click on image to view mpeg video.
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 Moving tiger Sundance out of his cage for
the long trip from Nevada to Texas included huge crowds of
people and media in his cage
that he feared so much. Click on image to view mpeg
video. |
 After the tigers and leopards were tranquilized, they were
left without a cover in the sun (see shadows). Even though
this happened in the desert, everything is green, as NV had
very heavy rains at the time. Animals might have been little
muddy at the time, but NOT covered in feces as reported by WAO and IFAW during the media circus that followed. |
Many members of WAO's entourage spent their time just
'hanging out', standing around with their arms on their hips
or books in their hand with apparently nothing useful to do. |
Property owner did NOT want the media there and was promised
they wouldn't be called and allowed on the private property.
WAO obviously didn't keep their promise (see WAO's
press release from the
day before). (see it in
MSDOC) |
Which part of the big gate sign in plain English "KEEP
OUT" didn't they understand??? It was in plain view next
to WAO's white truck. |
 Five days later on March 6, 2007, after a long drive from NV to TX, the cats
were unloaded with more media circus at WAO facility. |
Unloading of a lion from Henderson, NV. |
Unloading of a very scared tiger from Nevada after a long
trip to Texas. |
Nevada lion and tigers waiting in their transport cages at
the WAO compound. |
Lion ZEUS from Henderson with mole like growth he had for
many years was supposedly euthanized, even though WAO
promised to give him veterinary care. |
Wolf Roxi, with a benign tumor that WAO agreed to treat was
also supposedly killed once he arrived to WAO, the Texas
'sanctuary". |
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Nevada tigers after being unloaded at WAO facility. |
Upon unloading in Texas, most of the bedding was gone, and there wasn't any water in
the dirty looking rusty metal animal dish. |
 Seems like animals are not the only thing caged and under
the Sheriff's supervision in Texas. |
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