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This is an ongoing problem. Although there is an unconfirmed report that Greenwood is no longer associated with Pets & People, you may yet be contacted by others in the Pets & People organization who are, or have been, working with Beverly Greenwood, including Greenwood's daughters, Monique Huval (Duval) andDanielle (Huval?), and Greenwood's current partner, Gean H. Norton. "Leopards don't change their spots" |
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| Brief Overview | |
| A brief outline of the activities
of Greenwood since becoming an integral part of Pets & People
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| Little Bit O'Heaven & the Rainbow Connection's Merger with Pets & People | |
| December, 1999 - In
2000, LBOH announces a merger with the women
of Mississippi's PETS & PEOPLE (now operating out of Citronelle/Mobile,
Alabama) as of late 1999. Link
with Pets & People reaffirmed on June 20, 2000.
In essence, the incidents documented on
this web site were perpetrated AFTER Beverly Greenwood's merger
with Pets & People.
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| Selling ill & malnourished dogs at PetSmart | |
| 2000: Selling dogs
at PetSmart with mange
& ringworm under "Pets & People" banner.
On July 27, 2002, it was reported that "Beverly Greenwood of Pets & People" was seen selling dogs at a PetsMart in Baton Rouge, LA. The reporter wrote of one dog he had seen, " .. The dog was filthy - long term filthy - and very poorly nourished." Then on July
28, 2002, Greenwood gave her card to a director
of the Capital Animal Welfare Society in Baton Rouge, asking if they had
any dogs for her program. She was turned away.
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| Stop the Petsmart Connection! | |
| You can help by contacting Petsmart
about this situation. There is a list of Petsmart stores they may try to
use following our notes. Please make just one call to help the dogs
and cats who cannot speak for themselves.
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| Stolen Siberian Husky in Hattiesburg - 2002 | |
| On January 31, 2002, WDAM in Hattiesburg, MS, reported the theft of a children's pet - a Siberian husky - Ozzie - he was seen being "taken by two women: workers Senne had at her home from a Meridian based non-profit organization called Pets for People". One of those women was Beverly Greenwood. Greenwood took Ozzie to the Mobile, Alabama, Petsmart and "adopted" him out for a $55 fee. If you have any information on this theft, please contact the Hattiesburg, MS, police department (1-601-544-7900). | |
| Problems with Service Dogs | |
| August, 2001: Reports
of behavioral/training problems with Service Dogs
provided by Pets & People to persons with disabilities
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| Foreclosure in Meridian, MS | |
| December, 2001:
In late 2001, the property occupied by Beverly Greenwood (owned by Pat
Gonser) in Meridian (6181 Hwy. 19 North) went into
foreclosure. Greenwood was forced to vacate.
Once again when forced to relocate, she surrendered the mixed breed dogs
in her possession to legitimate rescue groups. She relocated
to Bogue Chitto and immediately started collecting again.
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| Pets & People's Organization - 2001 | |
| In February, 2001, Pets &
People listed their Board members.
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| 4-H in Hattiesburg | |
| 2002: Flyers in the
Hattiesburg area indicated that Greenwood was attempting to form a group
"People "N Pets" with a 4-H group in Lincoln County.
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| Financial Disclosure requested from Pets & People | |
| February-April, 2002:
According to regulations established for those with charitable organization
status in the United States, we requested financial information and
the documentation regarding the charitable status of Pets & People
from Pat Gonser and Mary Johnson as executives of Pets and People.
Many and ongoing requests were ignored until finally the attached
invoice
was received from Pat Gonser. In spite of her public avowals that
if the invoice were paid, she would "send you the information you requested",
one can see that this is not the case. This was not a multiple choice
request with Ms. Gonser being able to pick and choose what to send and
since the information document on Ms. Gonser's invoice was not the information
requested, and the fee charged exorbitant, the item was returned.
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| Discounted dogs | |
| $45
dogs from Pets & People's Rainbow Connection - In February,
2002, the "adoption fee" was increased to $55 for a Siberian Husky stolen
from a yard in Hattiesburg and sold in the parking lot of the PetSmart
in Mobile, Alabama
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| Supporters | |
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attempt to ignore these issues - possibly feeling
it's not their problem some seemingly caring animal rescue groups refuse
to look at this issue and continue to support Pets & People - others,
like legitimate rescue groups in Florida and elsewhere, refuse to
do business with any of the individuals/organizations concerned.
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| "Problem has never existed", says Gonser | |
| Gonser says "The
problem has never existed" and Mary Johnson attempts to whitewash
the issues. (Note: this "whitewash" page has undergone many changes
over the past 5 years and Pets and People is now attempting to trivialize
its association with Greenwood.)
Gonser: "The information is not true" In 2002, in spite of eyewitness and newspaper accounts, Gonser condoned and defended Greenwood over the theft of the Siberian Huskey, Ozzie. |
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| " A Response to the Internet Rumors" | |
| Pets & People has come
up with ingenious explanations refuting the information documented on these
pages and feels that no proof is necessary - you should just believe them!
(Note - this page has undergone many changes over the years and has become
quite "watered down".)
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