Posted on 03/11/2016 5:15:58 AM PST by JoeProBono
Dog Whisperer Cesar Millan is under investigation for possible animal cruelty stemming from an incident filmed for his Cesar 911 TV show, authorities said.
Sheriffs deputies and investigators with LA County Animal Control visited his Dog Psychology Center in Santa Clarita Thursday evening, but Millan was not there at the time. A family member told NBC4 he is out of town on a business trip.
The investigation comes after animal welfare officials were flooded with tips following the airing of an episode when Millan used a live pig as part of a training session with a dog that had previously attacked two pet pigs.
In the segment, the dog bit the pigs ear before it could be stopped, causing it to bleed. Online reports and petitions have said it appeared part of the ear had been bitten off, but representatives for Millan's show insisted Thursday night that was not the case.
According to Animal Control, a 24-hour notice was issued, requiring Millan to make contact with investigators. They would like to inquire about the whereabouts and well-being of the pig.
The incident has caused a furor, with some animal activists taking to social media decrying the incident and petitions circulating calling for the end to his TV show.
Laura Nativo is a professional dog trainer who helped organize a petition calling for the cancellation of Millan's TV show. Close to 8,000 people have signed it so far.
"It was really difficult to watch," she said. "It's not the way to rehabilitate an animal that is fearful and and aggressive to pigs."
Millan is a self-taught dog behaviorist who has several New York Times best-selling books on the subject to his name in addition to his television shows.
A representative from Nat Geo WILD, which airs Millan's show, issued this statement:
"Cesar Millan has dedicated his life to helping dogs and to showing how even the most difficult problem dog can be rescued and rehabilitated. In a recent episode of the Nat Geo WILD series "Cesar 911," Cesar works with an aggressive French bulldog/terrier mix named Simon, who has a history of attacking other animals, including his owners pet potbellied pigs. A short clip from the episode was shared online and showed Simon chasing a pig and nipping its ear, causing the ear to bleed. The clip caused some concern for viewers who did not see or understand the full context of the encounter.
"We have included an additional clip from the same episode to provide missing context. Cesar has created a safe and controlled environment at his Dog Psychology Center (DPC) in California in which to rehabilitate some of the most extreme or red zone cases of dog aggression, such as Simons. It is important to clarify that Cesar took precautions, such as putting Simon on a long lead to assess his behavior, before making initial corrections and removing the leash. The pig that was nipped by Simon was tended to immediately afterward, healed quickly and showed no lasting signs of distress. As the additional clip reveals, Cesar and his animal pack effectively helped Simon to overcome his aggressive behavior toward other animals; as a result, Simon did not have to be separated from his owner or euthanized."
The Nat Geo WILD footage that the company provided has been included in this article.
A good pig like that you don’t eat him all at one time.
Better yet - euthanize the pig and turn it into bacon and other tasty items...
And these same “people” are most likely all in for killing unborn babies.
Is that the punchline to the pig with the wooden leg joke?
I love that joke.
Cesar also opened his most famous book with a call to welcome and naturalize illegals like himself. I stopped reading right then and there and won’t give his enterprise a dime or a minute of my time.
I am confused by this ad. Obama would never love a pig.
I am confused by this ad. Obama would never love a pig.
I know he loves cows. That’s why his wife’s name is Moochelle.
Another professional dog trainer ie competitor was concerned. Yeh she would love to see Milan go down. We have watched him for years and use his techniques on our dogs. They work and we have never seen any sign of carelessness from Milan. You can’t control every situation with animals completely.
Caesar also fallaciously and repeatedly advocates folks rescuing and trying to rehabilitate vicious dog breeds, like Chows, Pit bulls and Rottweilers. Those breeds need very special kinds of owners and special circumstances. being the “Alpha Dog” as Caesar puts it not enough to prevent a tragic and surprise explosion of violence from a vicious, dangerous dog. Even Betas in the packs act aggressive, and challenge the Alpha constantly. Your Cocker Spaniel can’t kill your 3 year old but a 75lb Pitbull with about 230lbs of bite force could in 30 seconds render a small child very injured, if not dead.
Exactly! Liberalism really is a mental disease!
Agree!
There were these three farmers that wanted to win the state fair contest for having the largest hog. They decide that they should stick a cork in the pigs ass and feed him for a month before the fair. The only problem was that none of them wanted to be the one to stick the cork in. So they bought a monkey and trained him to stick corks in bottles. After a week or two of this, they stick the monkey in the pen with the pig and a cork, and after a minute, the monkey did what he was supposed to do. The farmers fed the pig for a month and sure enough, they won first prize. Once they got home, they realized they still had to take the cork out. So they trained this same monkey to take corks out of bottles. They stuck the monkey in the pen with the pig, and the farmers woke up three days later in the hospital with a reporter sitting next to them. The reporter asked the first farmer, “What is the last thing you remember?” “Shit flying everywhere,” the farmer replied. The reporter asked the second farmer the same question and got the same response. When she got to the third farmer and asked him what he could remember, he started crying. The reporter asked, “What’s the matter?” The farmer replied, “The last thing I remember is the look on the poor monkey’s face as he tried to stick the cork back in.”
Yes, he's compromised on that. Too bad. No means no, Cesar. Somebody's gotta house train these immigrants. They can't keep hauling that crap out like this.
I think I just crapped in my pants reading that one.....thank you so much ( never thought I was type that )
odrama is drooling for the dog!
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