The biggest question is how do these people stay in business, change their names, treat dogs inhumane beyond your imagination, sell sickly dogs & pull all this off and get away with it ???
WednESDAY, MARCH 16, 2010
accused iowa puppy miller is a convicted sex offender
wyoming, iowa
thunder ridge dog kennel is run by convicted sex offender HAROLD BUZZ POWELL. the sheriff and animal rescuers were there inspecting his 100 dogs and the facility. he claims to properly care for all 100 dogs and has never been cited in the 13 years that he has been licensed by the USDA.
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The USDA has flat out stated that it does not have the inspectors, or the money, or the ability to properly inspect dog kennels.
They also don't have enough laws that deal with problem dog breeders.
And USDA whistleblowers have come forward to expose the rampant collusion between members of the USDA and these puppy mills.
USDA licensed means it's a puppy mill. The USDA helps puppy mill breeders abuse dogs.
Steve Neavling of the Detroit Free Press did an excellent series of articles about the problem with USDA and the puppy mills in 2006. It's still true today.
http://messageboards.aol.com/aol/en_us/
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If you can't read it through that link, read it in the comments here
http://hollywooddog.blogspot.com/2007/12/posh-puppy-of-tarzana-and-beverly-hills.html
Tax fraud.
Potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars a year in sales.
Some of them make millions in sales every year and don't report a dime of income.
"The USDA's Office of Inspector General has criticized the agency since the 1990s for failing to adequately crack down on violators. And in a blistering September 2005 report, the inspector general found an ineffective monitoring and inspection system and concluded the USDA failed to take action against "violators who compromised animal health."
That report -- and earlier investigations dating back to the 1990s -- found that the USDA has issued insignificant penalties to violators and often made no follow-up inspections. In those reports, inspectors and USDA veterinarians complained that breeders exploited the lax enforcement and endangered animals."
"Ed Green, a Washington D.C. attorney who lobbies for more USDA enforcement, said the agency has a "cumbersome, incompetent bureaucracy" that fails to use its limited resources wisely.
"The USDA has a broken culture," Green said. "They just do things the same old way because that is how they've always done it"
No qualifications?
Criminal record?
Want to work from home?
Like tax free income?
Become a dog breeder today!
I would not call him a pedophile to do with the Sex Offense charge unless there is something we do not know but he seems to have real issues in his life and knows who and what is vulnerable. NO ONE needs to be breeding in these mass quanities and there are many places far worse then his, let's get rid of them all! And these people need to get real jobs!
These facilities bring NOTHING good to our State and Iowa is the
3rd largest Puppy Mill in the Nation because we have too many people whom don't give a damn including the authorities.
AKC loves them!
I will post some of the information and links here that were uncovered, so that you, the reader, can make up your own mind.
1. On Facebook, "Rock Creek Kennel" located in Meriden KS showed a small home as their "new office". The location is 211 Palmer St.
Homefacts.com showed the same house and address for Harold Buzz Powell, up until 3/28/2012. I have downloaded photos from both FB and the Homefacts website if you want to compare them. On the forum's string, "Rock Creekk" posted and admitted it was the same house, but denied that he ever met Powell- it was a coincidence that Powell moved out and they moved in.
2. Here is the link for the Kansas Bureau of Investigation: (http://www.accesskansas.org/kbi/offender_registry/?id=SOP15025). You'll note the address (today) for Powell is in PAOLA KS, effective 3/29/2012.
3. On April 3, 2012, "Bully Farms Kennel" in Paola KS requested a conditional use permit. The requester is Shayne Turner. I don't know the status of the meeting.
http://www.miamicountyks.org/agenda/planning_agenda.pdf.
On the meantime, there is a new website called: http://bullyfarms.com/
which states, "We are redoing our Website so PLEASE check back.
As we are changing and going down to Just our Bull Terriers." The address had stated Paola KS but has been changed to Overland Park, KS.
As I uncover more links, I will post them here.
However, if anyone wonders if Rock Creek Kennel, Thunder Ridge Kennel, and now Bully Farms are all business names for Harold Buzz Powell, aka David Turner... the answer is YES.
I appreciate you leaving my posts public, because if you try to find anything on Google about Harold Buzz Powell, David Turner, Rock Creek Kennels, Bully Farms, Paola KS Conditional Use Permit~ all of it has "disappeared" from the Internet. Apparently he likes to threaten litigation, but these are all FACTS. Thank you.
i updated the puppy miller's photo and criminal link.
Does anyone following this blog know where he may have relocated to? I thank you for your help, we have been working on this for a long time and it would be nice to finally get him into court.
crvndesires@gmail.com
http://www.iowasexoffender.com/
The old Rock Creek Kennel website stated that the business had been sold. Then the site was taken down and replaced by http://www.rock-creek-kennel.com/
So much about this site seems similar to the old business that I wonder whether or not it was ever sold in the first place.
If anyone has some concrete information on this please share.
Thank you again for all the help we have received.
So much about this guy is a lie, from his name onward (he operated under an alias, "David Turner," which is how he avoided the consequences of his past actions, his business is unregistered with the state, he is on the run from the Kansas Attorney General's office for deceptive business practices, etc.). This is why we are having such trouble getting concrete details on this jerk.
Just letting you helpful souls know we aren't just being lazy when we ask for assistance. :)
good luck.
www.rock-creek-kennel.com
Test results came back from emergency veterinary care. He has pneumonia, septic (whole body infested with bacteria) and only one testicle that will require surgery. I also have signed documentation from the vet that states the above listed and states that based on the time of which I've had him(only 6 days) and the condition and progression of the illnesses that they, in fact, have been carried by the dog for a longer period of time (i.e he was sick before I got him). She has also volunteered to make said statement if there are court proceedings. Considering the fact that I still have not received any sort of documentation from you or your veterinary, I am not accepting any binding contract(the contract should have been signed prior to payment acceptance and delivery. You didn't hold up your own terms) and I am taking all information to the military police station and military legal services. I also found several sources that state you are not who you say you are and are operating false businesses under several different alliases and your phone number has been confirmed and matched to all of them. I am also taking copies of those records to MP and legal services along with the other reports that have been filed against you and all of these emails and all other types of communication between us (your verbal abuse and bullying). Please do not contact me again. If so I will also file harassment charges and place a restraining order. If communication then persists I will have said legal action enforced and an arrest will be carried out. Thank you and please leave me alone.
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On Mar 24, 2014, at 1:26 PM
First, I hope that your puppy is recovering and will eventually be healthy.
If the law enforcement agencies need additional facts, I suggest that you contact the Miami County Board of Commissioners in Paola KS, where "David Turner" personally testified that he is not, in fact, David Turner, but is actually Harold Buzz Powell. They will have it on their minutes (look for the date in my posting above).
Harold Buzz Powell currently lives in Keystone Iowa. According to Homefacts, This is a small community outside of Cedar Rapids, with a population less than 1000.
http://www.homefacts.com/offender-detail/IA41157610/Harold-Buzz-Powell.html
Who shipped your dog? What was the name of the company? There should have been paperwork to show when and where the dog was picked up from... did you sign for the dog? Even if you did not receive such paperwork, you could give the shipper's information to the Law Enforcement agencies for them to research. The website states that he/she has been in business since 2000 in Kansas, so if it is Harold Buzz Powell, I would think there are interstate commerce laws being violated?
I thought that the new "Puppy Mill" legislation was supposed to put Internet breeders out of business, but apparently, this isn't the case.
I wish you and your puppy well.
I have been following this bully since he threatened legal action against me and my friends for posting facts about him when he sold a basenji "with giardia and a belly full of worms" and the new owner was seeking advice. I remember when Buy and Resale Dogs was his website that a picture of a couple would come up quickly with "Heather and Mike" underneath it, and they were from Overland Park KS.
Whether the people are Buzz and Shane, or Heather and Mike, if they are raising dogs, they should be following the laws and regulations in place to raise healthy and well adjusted dogs. To charge someone $1100, you would expect to get a pedigree and not a sick deformed critter. They hide behind pretty Internet window fronts- some of the warning signs for new puppy buyers include: 1. No pictures of the pups as they were growing up- true breeders will post photos of the parents and puppies as they transform from ugly rats to cure puppies. 2. No pictures of the breeder's home and the facility that the pups were raised in. Again, true breeders will post pictures of their farm because they are proud of it. 3. True breeders will welcome you to visit their pups. 4. True breeders will have their photos on there and some type of testimony to reassure you that they are credible. 5. True breeders will often show their dogs and will post pictures of their achievements. 6. True breeders will post the AKC registration numbers of the parents.
I hope this information helps the next perspective buyers to "trust but verify" when looking for their next puppy.
The Humane Society also published the following report, and specifically names Turner, Powell, and the recent information about Clover Acres' Farms. Here is the link:
http://www.humanesociety.org/assets/pdfs/pets/puppy_mills/101-puppy-mills-report-2014.pdf