Animal shelter practices

A Big Bear animal-rescue organizer described an 1,800-signature no-kill petition and said shelter staff, including an employee named Jasmine, refused rescue transports and called the facility a "kill house," discouraging outside volunteers.

A decade-long rescue volunteer said she was banned from transporting animals after shelter staff objected to her Facebook post using the word "slaughterhouse," calling it retaliation meant to silence volunteers about shelter conditions.