Before I go accusing: Seen the fraud: check out facts: you are no different: These kind of comments are just what I mean folks. This is what we deal with and I am fed up. I ask for proof and that's all and have yet to receive the proof. We are just supposed to pass hateful emails around that destroy reputations without question. Really? I hate to see these attacks I really do, as I have seen so many in on the internet. We are slowly but surely pushing everyone out that is trying to help these animals .This is sad.
Dawn Taylor Bechtold -----Original Message----- From: Renee Snyder <[email protected]> To: helptheanimals <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, Jan 4, 2012 12:55 pm Subject: RE: [HelptheAnimals] Dana Costin of ROLDA [Romanian League for the Defense of Animals] Accused of Theft of Funds Dawn, Go to Romania yourself and check out the facts FIRST HAND before you make your statements. I HAVE MET DANA AND BEEN TO ROMANIA. I am not the person that originally wrote to helptheanimals, but I concur with everything said. I have seen Dana Costin’s fraud MYSELF with money that I personally raised for her so-called rescue. So before you go accusing anyone, maybe you should check out facts yourself instead of relying on the words of others. You are no different that Brennan when you make statements without having first hand knowledge so get off your soapbox. And you certainly can’t rely on Merritt Clifton, as he is part of Dana’s organization – hardly an objective third party. -Renee Snyder From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dawn Taylor Bechtold U.S. Animal Protection Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 7:24 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [HelptheAnimals] Dana Costin of ROLDA [Romanian League for the Defense of Animals] Accused of Theft of Funds I apologize if this is a duplicate post I am having computer issues the morning. Brennan, I would like to ask you a few questions. Did you consider maybe checking out facts before you just jumped on board to pass on this information about this rescue organization? You state you are just passing this on from a woman that did some fundraising for ROLDA. Did it come into your thoughts that this may be a good organization and you could be causing more damage to someone that may be trying to save an animals life right now? Do you know the woman well that asked you to send this and trust her implicitly before you thought to send such a damaging piece out? I am sure she has not spent all the money on alcohol and fripperies as you say. Do you think a rescuer should not be able to purchase clothing? What about the large organizations such as HSUS taking six figure salaries? Do you think HSUS employees don't buy clothing and alcohol? Brennan I can assure you Dana lives on a millionth of what this organization has yet actually has animals she is caring for right now. Every dime no matter what organization you donate to doesn't go to animals, there is overhead to consider. With HSUS It goes to fundraising and lobbying yet Dana a woman trying to save animals that actually has a rescue unlike many of the large organizations doesn't have the write to have a drink or clothe herself. Are you people that are sending this out, seriously serious? How can you do this to a rescue organization saving animals lives? I know how long ROLDA has been around and they are saving lives. Does this matter to you? If so I would think before you are so quick to send out post such as these that could destroy this rescue. Where will the animals go then? I spoke to Merritt Clifton this morning because I am a person that checks out facts. Mr Clifton supports Ms. Costin, because he has actually been to Romania and seen the good work she is doing for animals and has seen how she lives, sparsely at that. Have you ever visited this rescue you are sending damaging post out about? This woman has saved many lives through the years, it's sad how everyone is ready to hang her from the highest tree without even considering what she has done to help animals in Romania. Anyone can write anything about anyone and everyone jumps on the bandwagon of attack. No one knows for sure these things are fact but, they just pass this along never thinking about how much she may or may not have done for animals, it's written on the internet so pass it on truth or not. There is no camaraderie in rescue. Anyone in cyberworld can write anything they want no matter how horrible and everyone jumps in with both feet ready to "Take them down" never considering they may be destroying one of the only rescues in the area never considering years of work that person has done to save animals lives. I have seen so many good rescues and organizations destroyed. U.S. Animal Protection being one that has been attacked I know first hand how it feels. I have worked years for the protection of animals and some nut writes whatever they want and anyone without common sense is ready to cross post and attack never considering the nearly twenty years my group put in rescue. I have seen it happen to more people in rescue than I can count. I know what she must be doing through. So many I worked with through the years have all backed away from doing any type of rescue as have I because of attacks just like this one on Dana Costin. Hundreds of lives were lost and will be lost that we could have saved. I sure it wont be long until she has also has enough and leaves rescue. People helping with this attack are only distracting her from the animals she is trying to save right now. Just another attack on a good rescuer is all I see here. The internet at one time I thought was the best thing to ever happen to rescue now I think differently. The organization that should to be called out is HSUS. This organizations has taken in over a billion dollars and has not one shelter and during the biggest disaster for animals in history, sent animals to kill shelters. This just goes on ignored year after year. HSUS that is not helping animal rescues and sanctuaries in the U.S. that are in peril during this economic catastrophe yet is sitting on millions. Call out the organizations passing out six figure salaries not the small organizations barely surviving. This is the biggest problem the animal movement has, not the small rescue groups trying to save animals with little or no funding, like ROLDA. I don't believe for a minute this woman is living some extravagant life. So what if she bought herself a sweater or pair of shoes. I have seen the witch hunt and hundreds of emails on rescue groups all week long. I rarely respond to these groups or rescue anymore because of the attacks on my organization and I was a damn good rescuer. I just feel compelled to say something because, I see what's coming and hope it ends before this rescue shuts down permanently. I personally have had enough and this just confirms it even more for me. Every year its someone new that is attacked and every year we lose another rescuer because of the internet attacks. Please, those of you with common sense out there, think twice before sending post regarding ROLDA or any rescue group or organization without knowing the facts. Do not take just anyone's words or documents that may or may not be fact. Furthermore read the documents don't just forward out. What if, just what if she is doing a good job and it's simply someone with a vendetta slandering her? Think about checking the facts out before you ruin a woman trying to save animals lives. I don't believe she got into rescue to simply abscond with money. This woman from all that I have been told loves the animals and wants to save them from horrible conditions in Romania, and is in it for that reason only. I am really saddened so many mean people have involved themselves in this movement. I can see no movement in this movement. Every year it gets worse for animals and we lose more rescues because of these types of internet attacks. You people keep passing on your information and you will be sure to wipe out every good rescuer out there. Who will suffer? Who will be left in the cold? The animals. Also, I notice is when someone responds to these types of post, they person that sent it, will send it back to the person that wrote the damaging blog about the rescue and this exacerbates the problem. The person that started the blog then attacks the person that has an opinion and so there it goes again more internet fights and back and forth. Do not do this with my email. I am a member here and have been for years and you do not have my permission to do so. This was meant for this group only and do consider its a violation of the terms of Yahoo and this group. I am not in this to get into a war, I have an opinion and I am entitled to that without fear of being attack for my opinion. Dawn Taylor Bechtold U.S. Animal Protection -----Original Message----- From: Brennan Browne <[email protected]> To: undisclosed recipients: ; Sent: Sun, Jan 1, 2012 5:52 pm Subject: [HelptheAnimals] Dana Costin of ROLDA [Romanian League for the Defense of Animals] Accused of Theft of Funds Please do not contact me regarding this post as I am only passing the information along on behalf of the individual who used to fundraise for Dana. She requested that I share the info with my AR groups. Thank you, Brennan Subject: FW: FYI: Dana Costin / ROLDA - Theft of Funds Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2012 13:47:05 +0000 Happy New Year to you. I remember you saying you don’t support Merritt Clifton. Well, he supports a shelter in Romania called ROLDA which is run by a woman named Dana Costin (I used to fundraise for her and even went to Romania). MC is bewitched by this woman who has turned into the wicked witch of the east! Please pass on to your contacts not to support the ROLDA shelter as Dana has amassed thousands of dollars but won’t declare how she has spent it. She is devious and has caused lots of trouble. If you forward this to any of your contacts please remove my personal information as I don’t want my email address broadcast to the world – Dana has put spyware onto the computer of the person who used to help her in Romania but, after this person engaged an impartial translator (she used to use Dana), the translator informed this person that monies were being spent on alcohol, clothes and other fripperies and not on the dogs. See emails below, Subject: Re: Dana Costin / ROLDA - Re: Theft of Funds -- Merritt Clifton says : ''accusations are product of diseased imaginations'' Oh my God, he will do anything for Dana. He has to know she's a con by now, but he is in too deep to back out. He has risked his name and reputation for her, and has to keep up the charade as best he can now. Perhaps your friend would like to know why Merritt defends Dana, has withheld receipts from me, and helped to cover up her thefts... https://www.wheredidmydonationgo.org/merrit-defends-dana-costin www.wheredidmydonationgo.org ~Name withheld~ RESPONSE FROM MERRITT CLIFTON RE: ACCUSATIONS OF THEFT OF FUNDS BY DANA COSTIN AT ROLDA: "This stuff is the product of diseased imaginations." Subject: Re: Where did my donation go? Importance: High This stuff is the product of diseased imaginations. I recommended ignoring it, but Dana posted a rebuttal anyway, at: http://www.whohurtsromaniandogs.org -- Merritt Clifton Editor, ANIMAL PEOPLE P.O. Box 960 Clinton, WA 98236 Telephone: 360-579-2505 Cell: 360-969-0450 Fax: 360-579-2575 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.animalpeoplenews.org
