Wings of Hope Uses Donations to buy Booze and Smokes?

This is a post by a WOHNJ volunteer...

"I would like to say.. I have dealt with wings of hope.. BEWARE !!! I also volunteered with them for a short time.. They dumped birds on me and refussed to feed them as agreed.. My name was cloned on a fake contract.. yes I have it all..as well as the original I did sign.. They also tried to sew me for a bird I bought and was lied to about..They lost they lost they lost !!! I also did a fund raiser for them and found my stuff as well as many others things was sold to buy groceries and wine and smokes..And got busted in that lie in court.. I fought to get the birds vetted in my care.. I found one had possible kidney failure and was up for sale.. I still hold that vet report. I know allot !!! Also my purchase check was made out to the owner and she used it to take her boyfriend to the Bahamas.. I have those confirming emails as well. The birds are tested with a poop swab and that's it.. they in most cases never vetted before a sale.. I also bought cages that were to be used for the birds.. and told checks were to be made out in the owners names.. Now that's real rescue. I also witnessed the comments from the founder saying I am planting grass seed.. I said it won't take.. she said I don't give a shit wings of hope is paying for it. I have also seen how some of the birds are treated.. if spaying them in the face is cool and screaming at them and keeping them covered in a dirty cage is OK.. well then I guess they are great.. I also found out that when I drove many hours out of pocket to transport birds to N.C. that I should have checked with the permits that should have came with the birds as well as vet checks.. I was contacted by non game and wildlife permit people in Jersey as they were being investigated.. and this maybe why they wanted me to bring the birds to NC. I picked up 4 birds..2 macaws..dove.. amazon parrot . Clearly the birds were not in great health.. and the owners of the rescue had never set eyes on the birds.. This is a very large problem.. The latest attempt on me was the owner reported a false robbery of 13,00 in jewelry and named me as suspect..she did everything she could to shut me up by trying to get me jailed.. It did not work for many reasons.. She tried to get me to deliver birds to her home.. I refused... and thank god I did..it was a set up..so her plan failed that time as well.. Her maid opened the investigators eyes to the fact some thing was fishy about the supposed robbery .. I have to say most of the volunteers are good people that just care about the birds..And many had emailed me about similar issues ...And thank god they did.. I found out a bunch.And was able to discredit near any statements made.. To them I am so grateful.. but I also asked them to remain silent do to they are still volunteers and the birds need them. I still hurt deep inside for the birds I had and have that I adopted..This is something I will never forget as long as I live.. Please do your home work before getting a bird..and as soon as you get one..GO TO THE VET !!! God bless everyone and I hope you never have to deal with this type of thing as I have.. Also I would like to say I followed a bird that was in Phoenix landing and must say they spent thousands on the bird who needed major surgery.. The bird now has a chance at life thanks to them and this is what a real rescue does and thanks to one of your members.. I was able to get threw my issues with this rescue.. Keep up the good work..And thank you for all the great info on your site that helped me work with the birds I fostered with big issues.. "

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