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Jeromie Williams Fired Again?

It appears that Jeromie Williams may have been fired by yet another organisation. Today he posted that he has “officially ended [his] time in the online animal advocacy world, and will no longer be affiliated with any group or organization you may have come to know [him] through,” meaning, presumably, Pet Pardons:

Apparently the politics and pageantry of the animal rights world was too unkind and rough for poor Jeromie. Perhaps he’s referring to this or this or this or this or this or this or this or this or this or this or, well, you get the picture.

We are curious what happened, of course, because Jeromie has previously been fired from several positions for dishonesty, incompetence, bigotry, workplace harassment and/or other inappropriate behaviour.

For example, in January 2012, the Canada Headlines Examiner fired Jeromie after he was exposed fabricating events, people, and even witnesses in his articles for months in order to get onto Ezra Levant’s show on the Sun News Network. He later lied about the reasons for his departure, claiming he left because Examiner was paying him “sweatshop wages.”

Likewise, Playboy Media fired Jeromie in or around January 2012 after only three weeks, for inappropriate behaviour. He was working as a junior social media person (though he later claimed to have “pulled the strings” behind the scenes for Hugh Hefner). He reportedly harassed several other employees after he was fired.

Not to mention that in March 2012, The Gaily, a website for Canadian gays and lesbians, removed Jeromie from his former position as the contributing editor of the site. Though no details were provided, it is speculated that he was terminated after criminally harassing and making death threats against a woman and teenaged boys, who he also attacked with homophobic slurs:

Of course, as Jeromie would say, “If you’re going to call someone a ‘faggot’ you better be ready for the consequences”:

To date Pet Pardons has not provided any statement on their (apparently former) Canadian Director of Operations and Managing Editor of Pet Pardons News & Blog, or their culpability in any of his many, many crimes.

A Note from the Administration

Please note that Alison Mednick Buzzotta Hector is not an administrator here, on our site, or any other site in the Pet Pardons Watch network, and she never has been. She has come under personal, malicious and false attack from Pet Pardons based on misinformation. Many people are now making inquiries into the activities of Pet Pardons, and she was just one of those who has commented. That’s all.

-PPW Administrators

WordPress Dismisses Drama Llama Complaints

As many of our readers know, this blog has been under constant attack for the past two weeks.

False complaints have been lodged against us, and we appreciate your patience as we continue to deal with them.

Briefly,

1. This blog is not spam. It is not a splog. We wrote it to inform the public, not to make money (and we have made $0).
2. This blog has not been hacked. A former editor thought that she owned the blog, for reasons we still do not fully understand. (See her claims here.)
3. This blog does not mislead readers into thinking we are Jeromie Williams. We are not Jeromie Williams. We never claimed to be. (See his claims here.)
4. This blog does not threaten anyone or incite violence against anyone. Indeed, the purpose of the blog is to condemn this behaviour! (See Jeromie Williams’ and Cayr Ariel Wulff’s claims here, Kim Johnston’s claims here.)
5. This blog does not contain illegally recorded or edited conversations. The recordings are fully legal, and posted with the permission of Operation Sled Dogs (OSD) officials. (See Jeromie’s claims here.)
6. This blog is not defamatory or libelous. Public comment and criticism does not constitute defamation. (See Jeromie Williams’ and Cayr Ariel Wulff’s claims here, Kim Johnston’s claims here.)
7. We are not stalking anyone. Public comment and criticism does not constitute stalking, either. (See Jeromie Williams’ and Cayr Ariel Wulff’s claims here.)
8. We are not harassing or terrorizing anyone. Public comment and criticism does not constitute harassment or terrorism, either. (See Jeromie Williams’ and Cayr Ariel Wulff’s claims here.)
9. We have never infringed copyright. DMCA takedown demands aside, under 17 USC § 107, fair use of copyrighted work for the purposes of criticism, comment, or news reporting, is not an infringement of copyright.

Cayr Ariel Wulff has begged WordPress to report us to the “authorities”:

“I have also been victimized on the Jeromiewilliamsisafraud.wordpress.com blog. I became a target after I saw a quote from the blog in a public forum and I commented that I thought dedicating a blog to destroying someone’s life was creepy, and that the person who was doing most of the writing must be stalking Mr. Williams … I have reported this to WordPress on numerous occasions, and WordPress has done nothing … I would think that WordPress would want to report the writers of the blog to the proper authorities.”

A volunteer rightly dismissed her as a “drama llama”:

“We are not allowed to post or participate in blog promotion or drama llama discussion threads on this forum … What part of this picture do you not get? WordPress.com is not your Big Brother.”

We have to admit the resemblance is uncanny…

Administator Sets Record Straight

As Topher Mackenzie has explained, this blog has been restored in order to refute false allegations made against us in a WordPress forum.

On Wednesday, one of our editors deleted all the articles on the blog. Another editor, after finding them deleted, published them again. Later the (now ex) editor and the administrator agreed that only information on her would be deleted. On Thursday, this person then deleted all the posts for a second time.

At no time was this ex editor an administrator of this blog. The ex editor recently bought the url http://www.jeromiewilliamsisafraud.com, but does not, and never has, owned this site, http://jeromiewilliamsisafraud.WORDPRESS.com. No one has hacked into this blog.

Thank you for your understanding.

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Investigations Suggest Potential Cheating by Ashley Owen Hill in Charity Contest

Over the past several weeks, Facebook users have voted for their favourite charities in the Chase Community Giving program, which will distribute $5 million to the 196 charities that receive the most votes. Ashley Owen Hill, the co-founder of Pet Pardons, and founder of Lucky Dog Rescue in Meridian, Mississippi, is currently in 5th place with 24,049 votes, and in position to win a $100,000 prize.

However, several independent investigations are now casting doubt upon the validity of these votes. A week ago, DogsInDanger.com, a charity that helps save the lives of dogs scheduled to die in shelters, reported that they had monitored the voting patterns for many other charities, including Lucky Dog Rescue. Their conclusion?

Five million dollars is a lot of money for needy charities and some are resorting to vote rigging, stealing millions from the neediest people. … After monitoring voting patterns of many of their competitors, DogsInDanger.com executives found clear examples of vote tampering. Large percentage[s] of votes were coming from seemingly fake accounts with no activity or content outside of voting to receive the cash prizes. According to Facebook’s own estimates, over 83 million Facebook accounts are fake … In order to authenticate their findings, DogsInDanger.com conducted an undercover investigation and spoke with several technology firms that claimed to have enabled other organizations to successfully rig online competitions. These companies offered to sell DogsInDanger thousands of votes in the Chase Giving contest for just pennies per vote. Using this fake Facebook network, it is possible to win the top $250,000 prize with just about a thousand dollars invested in buying votes.

We have noticed that many Lucky Dog Rescue voters are not Americans, and do not speak English. Posts asking for votes on the Pet Pardons Facebook page have lately been inundated by comments in Spanish, Portuguese, Greek and Turkish, which is obviously highly suspicious for an English-only site, with (normally) only English comments.

A short list of accounts we have flagged includes: adriana.ausilio, agustina.fernandez.121772, AlesgaMarmoleria, andrea.vegakuri, annegrethe.t.carlsen, beluu.luuiis, blanquita.fina, Caaariiitooo.O.H, cesar.fragoso.39, cminfante78, david.valencia99, deciimeaguustinitha.delbajo, enzo.rojasprudencio, estefania.garcia.92798072, ezgi.umut.doruk, facundo.romero.355, fernando.cimadom, francisco.aceves.315, gaby.dominguez.5477, giseellestefany.caceresportilla, gustavo.lajas, isabelcristina.gomez.3, jaquelin.rodriguez.716, javier.soprano.3, jezabel.pliegoleana, JHONMARTINEZQ, joel.vargas.3517, jose.pintoseguel, joseadrian.gguzman, jovanna.rapeta, julianandres.corderoordonez, lala.robles.9, lenoonmackarneyy, leslyguadalupe.cidestrella, maria.colaco.9, mariaeugeniamaciel22, MariahVG, mariaisabel.contrerassanches, marianna.alcantar, mariateresa.ardoncalix1, matias.barraza.165, meluu.romeritaa, miguel.romeroprado, mily.chamorro.1, moises.ramirezcamarillo, nash1009, omarjhovanni.hernandezrodriguez, patricia.castro.372, rachel.quintana.39, rainbowyoga, ramonero.cetera, raoul.cooper.7, richimulticolor, rocco.ianniruberto, samantha.esquitinhernandez, scholiodigisis.karras, sheyla.montesnavarro, tandannateniaqueser, unapatita.amiga, valecade.cantinero, wanda.gomez.9085, and ykeepaza.

This activity has been reported to Chase Community Giving management, along with a list of known and suspected sock puppet accounts owned by Ashley Owen Hill’s associate, Jeromie Williams, who has written about cheating in the program.

The DogsInDanger.com press release concludes:

“It is despicable that other organizations would resort to vote rigging and stealing funds from honest, deserving charities that play by the rules. When charities steal from each other, how much lower can our society go?” said Alex Aliksanyan, Founder and President of DogsInDanger.com.

DogsInDanger and other reputable charities for causes like children’s cancer, the homeless, etc. are being overwhelmed by the cheaters, unable to compete. Charities are losing hundreds of thousands of dollars which are critical to their activities. Unscrupulous cheaters are stealing these much-needed funds under Chase and Facebook’s noses.

DogsInDanger.com is a free service for shelters and adopters, allowing people to search for dogs in urgent need. In the economic climate of the past two years, funding for DogsInDanger.com has decreased substantially. Winning funds in competitions like Chase Community Giving is instrumental to their continued operations.

Given that cheating would represent a significant violation of the program rules, we have asked Chase to reconsider the eligibility of Lucky Dog Rescue. We would also like to note, for the record, that we are not affiliated with any of the other charities in the competition.

However, like DogsInDanger.com, we would like to see the funding go to reputable, legitimate charities, not cheaters and deception artists. As I have pointed out before, it’s not hard to guess which category Ashley Owen Hill falls into. It seems to us she spends much of her time making disgusting videos, and writing heart-wrenching but fictional stories on her blog (literally all of which beg for donations).

For example:

Then, I paid the $400 vet bill I wasn’t quite prepared for, helped Delilah into the car, and drove her home. This weekend, Delilah has required around-the-clock care from me. She’s very weak, very sick, and very needy right now. Seeing her like this… well… it’s beyond heartwrenching.

Initially… upon return, she wouldn’t eat at all. But soon, I learned that “people food” was enough to entice her.

So… instead of dog food, she’s been sharing people food with me. Actually… it’s more accurate to say that I’ve simply been giving her all of my own food, and taking none for myself, which has honestly made me insanely happy. She needs it… much more than I do right now.

In other words, DONATE NOW or she might starve!!! Again, sorry, I just don’t believe her.

As the The Pet Advocates Network has pointed out, there is no transparency at the “Lucky Dog” rescue. No disclosure of financial records, or veterinary records, or adoption records, or anything else. And no website, just a blog, with a call for donations. That’s it.

And the fact that neither she nor Chris Hoar have ever responded to our many questions about Jeromie Williams, his death threats, his many scams, and his embezzlement from legitimate animal rescuers just raises more questions.

We hope that they will all be answered before Chase gives Lucky Dog Rescue a nickel.