Milena Popovich (Please Don't Kill Me Foundation), the woman and so-called rescuer
who pulled Buck from the shelter under the pull rights of Bunny World
Foundation and then immediately turned him over to Audra Audridge who she knew
was banned at the Carson shelter, is making some very concerning
statements. This isn't really a new behavior for her, since I often
hear of her making such outlandish claims, but this time she has
found a larger audience with new allies who appear to be buying into
her BS. She has aligned herself with Foster Corder, who is the host
of this radio show, "Conversations with a Pit Bull," and
"Fosters Animal World TV."
Milena alleges on the radio broadcast that Buck could not have died where
his body was found, that the concrete encased area was inaccessible
and that someone would have had to have placed him there. She also
claimed that she investigated his death, has his necropsy results,
and reiterated that he did not die there. She implied that she had proof of her claim that Buck could not have gotten inside that area on his own.
Milena further insists that
she is not considered a DNA/DNR and claims to have legal proof of
such. She also attacks several individuals and pages, including Hope for Buck and The Good, the Bad, the Unforgivable of Animal Rescue for
what she seems to perceive are unfair accusations against her. She also makes the ridiculous accusation that she was blackmailed for the reward money that she had offered to pay to whomever provided info leading to the discovery of Buck when he was missing.
There
is very little truth in anything that Milena said here, although it
may be true that some of the individuals she claimed may have criminal
records from many years ago (from what I am aware of). Perhaps in her
mind she really believes all that she says, or maybe she is just a
very determined irresponsible rescuer who wants to maintain her means
(the ability to pull dogs) to an end (financial gain).
Regarding
Buck, the LA County Dept. of Animal Care and Control investigated his death and there were plenty of
credible and much more trustworthy individuals, who had been
diligently searching for Buck once we all found out he was missing, that were there at the place where his body was found. No one else
thought it was impossible for Buck to have crawled into that space
and died there. Only Milena Popovich seems to think this. It's not rational or logical and she has no proof that states otherwise.
These photos are of the area where Buck's body was found on 7-19-2012. The first one was taken near the area where Buck died. It shows that part of the surrounding fence was broken or otherwise not connected, therefore Buck could have easily entered this area. The second photo is the outside of the concrete area where Buck's body was found, memorialized to honor him. The last photo is of Buck's body inside the concrete structure, and warning, it is graphic.
Everyone
knows that Milena either is or has been considered a DNA/DNR at many
shelters, primarily in the LA area. This has largely been a result of
the attention in Buck's case and the pressure put on the shelters to
take action to protect other dogs from her (and from Audra Audridge) by many
concerned individuals. Many of us have either received written and/or
verbal confirmation that she is/was banned from pulling at various LA
area shelters by shelter managers, directors, etc. Why she continues
to deny this I have no idea. To prove my point, even on this radio
show, Sharon Logan (of Paw Protectors) informed her that she had just
received an official letter from the Orange County, CA shelter which stated
that Milena Popovich was banned, or DNA/DNR. I am sure that the shelter would have notified her directly but she acted as if she had no idea that she was being
banned or why that would be.
The reward money for finding Buck should have been paid to one of the people who found his body, if not the man who initially reported finding him to Lisa Goldberg, then it should have been paid to the searchers who went to the location that he directed them to. I know that these individuals who were there that day had hoped to collect the reward money and, from my understanding, to use it to help other dogs. However, Milena refused to even consider honoring the terms of her own reward offer and as far as I am aware, she never paid any of these individuals any portion of the reward she promised. Instead, she allegedly made a donation to Bunny World Foundation, who was her accomplice in helping her to pull Buck and who had nothing at all to do with finding Buck's body. There is no connection whatsoever between her reward offer for Buck that she never honored and her alleged donation to BWF, it is merely something she mentions to try to deflect from the fact that she bailed on her obligation.
The reward money for finding Buck should have been paid to one of the people who found his body, if not the man who initially reported finding him to Lisa Goldberg, then it should have been paid to the searchers who went to the location that he directed them to. I know that these individuals who were there that day had hoped to collect the reward money and, from my understanding, to use it to help other dogs. However, Milena refused to even consider honoring the terms of her own reward offer and as far as I am aware, she never paid any of these individuals any portion of the reward she promised. Instead, she allegedly made a donation to Bunny World Foundation, who was her accomplice in helping her to pull Buck and who had nothing at all to do with finding Buck's body. There is no connection whatsoever between her reward offer for Buck that she never honored and her alleged donation to BWF, it is merely something she mentions to try to deflect from the fact that she bailed on her obligation.
Lastly,
I want to say that Milena is a huge hypocrite in addition to all of her
other not so admirable qualities. You can't attack people with lies
or unproven allegations and then call them out for exposing you for
your mistakes and claim defamation (when they spoke the truth or did nothing wrong). How
does that make sense? She is just trying to silence everyone who has
ever spoken out against her in any way by attacking and threatening
them. Well in our case, we only stated the facts as we knew them in
Buck's case and yes, of course we wanted to see her held accountable
for her actions under the law. However, we never made up or
exaggerated anything about her and we never harassed or attacked her.
In fact, we went out of our way to try not to antagonize her
unnecessarily since she is clearly a bit out of touch with reality
(in my opinion).
She
should know by now that even if we are silent, we are not intimidated
by her and we will not allow her to defame us unchecked. If she wants
to continue to harass us and spread her lies and offer no proof to
back any of them up, and to try to excuse her despicable actions with
Buck by telling more lies, then she has thrown down the gauntlet.
Consider
this your one and only warning, Milena Popovich - Stop your BS and leave us out of
your childish games. Cease and desist or further action will be taken against you. Our only goal is to honor Buck and to stop you from hurting other dogs if we can, but if you don't stop trying to
rewrite the truth about what happened to poor Buck and stop attacking
the Hope for Buck page, you will surely regret it. None of us can
change what happened to Buck, but we can all learn from it, do
better, and move forward. Why don't you try it? It would serve you a
hell of a lot better than this attacking/threatening strategy of
yours.
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If any of the individuals who Milena has unfairly attacked would like to issue a rebuttal or statement here, or if you have info that relates to this which you would like to contribute to our article, please contact us and we will add it to this post provided that it is credible and in line with our intentions. You can reach us via our FB page or at hope4buck@gmail.com.
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